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The Popdose Roundup: 13 Women You Must Hear in 2013

- Source: Pop Dose

No offense to the fellas and your multi-platinum rock bands, chart-topping hip hop and country albums and ill-advised racist anti-racist collaborations; but when it comes to innovation, envelope pushing and flat out excitement, the ladies have you beat.

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“Sing Up, You F*ckers!”: A Heavenly Coach Trip To Paris

- Source: The Quietus

They say you can't escape your past, and for Heavenly's Record Store Day trip across the Channel to celebrate France's Disquaire Day, that means retracing an excellently outlandish trip they took Paris-wards with their 1991 roster of Manic Street Preachers, Saint Etienne and Flowered Up! back then.

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Picks for 2013: Temples

- Source: The Blue Walrus

It seems over the course of the past year the distorted drone and layered grouch of a hefty guitar rift of the patented sound of 60-psychedelia has influenced or at least heavily imprinted itself onto the creative music sphere.

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Joe’s Favorite Albums 2012

- Source: Each Note Secure

The latest attempt to turn Woody Guthrie songs into modern day standards did not come from Jeff Tweedy and Billy Bragg but this time from Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, and Yim Yames.

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Best albums of 2012: 20–11

- Source: The Guardian Music Blog

"The substance of Ill Manors – its righteous storytelling, its propulsive undercarriage – is more gripping than the title track implies. I Am the Narrator may dash busily through a string of sonic cliches – police sirens and the like – but its blend of warped fairytale strings, dub bass and antic Dr Dre swagger persuades the ear. The percussion rolls even harder on Drug Dealer, the album's standout. Offset against beats that seem to be made out of punched walls, guest singer Takura (Chase and Status) provides a wise, sad dancehall chorus."

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Saint Etienne

- Source: Under The Radar Magazine

Saint Etienne's eighth album, Words and Music by Saint Etienne, starts with singer Sarah Cracknell — transported back to a time before adult autonomy — admiring kids with the daring to question authority.

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Saint Etienne - Casino Classics

- Source: BBC Music

Saint Etienne reach the end of their back catalogue reissue/deluxe edition series with the release of Casino Classics, available alongside a re-release of Sarah Cracknell 's solo album Lipslide.

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Concert Review: Saint Etienne, October 24th, Opera House

- Source: The Panic Manual

It's been ten long years since London group St. Etienne last graced our fair city, so you could imagine the excitement that was brimming from my friend Josh 's face when St. Etienne chanteuse Sarah Cracknell, dressed in a sequined dress and a fluffy white boa emerged from the darkness at the Opera House.

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Margo Guryan :: The AD Interview

- Source: Aquarium Drunkard

Inspired to pursue pop music after discovering the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds , Margo Guryan , a schooled jazz pianist, crafted brilliant pop gems that were recorded by artists ranging from Mama Cass, Astrid Gilberto and Julie London to Glen Campbell, Bobby Gentry and beyond.

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