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Cocker and the label have both been making music for 30 years

Guy Garvey scoops prize 17 years after his band formed

As is always the way, I suppose, I finish one compilation of newish psych acts, then a load more records start turning up. For a good 30 minutes now, my new favourite band has been some shady punks from Long Beach who allegedly travel in “a vegetable oil-powered school bus”, and have a percussionist called, well, Sexual Chocolate.

Fleetwood Mac man's punchy pop-rock manifesto

Nominations to be unveiled live in January

John Bonham's drums and Jim Morrison's musings also fetch large sums

Troubled Dark Knights of metal return to form

After a mystifying diversion, Arizona duo return (in part) to familiar, dusty territory

Joey Burns and John Convertino of Calexico talk about new LP

Judging by the activity on the blog about “Golden Age”, there’s a fair amount of excitement about TV On The Radio’s “Dear Science”. And, now that I’ve heard the album properly a few times, I reckon it’s pretty justified: this is the best record the band have made by a mile.