Following the release of their debut album, we thought it was high time to introduce you lot to Slaves To Gravity.

Today it's the turn of the Humour to introduce themselves to TMM. The Wakefield four-piece tell us about how they got started.

We subject RIOT:NOISE to our usual five introductory questions.

There's real talent here, but there's not enough good material to fill a whole album.

"It seems we all spend the first part of our lives coming together and then we spend the second half of our life taking it apart again; relearning how to do things and stop making all the same stupid mistakes."

There's a history of bands not liking being told to mime on television, and once again Muse took exception to this request by doing things their own way.

Muse have never been ones to shy away from the extravagant, so it should come as no surprise to learn that The Resistance looks at the most overblown concepts ever committed to record by a contemporary rock group.

If, like us, you appreciate good solid music that you can have an angular dance to, then the North East's very own Little Comets may just be for you.

Despite only being a rank outsider at best, this year's Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize has been won by Londoner Speech Debelle, for her album Speech Therapy.

Swedish start-up Spotify, the service which lets you stream thousands of songs for free at your desktop, has finally had its application approved and added to Apple's app store - as well as Google's Android Market.