Keeping track of new music, media and industry news.

W Hotels Worldwide and Burn present the first ever 'DJ Lab' EP – which takes six emerging artists and pairs them with six music legends...

This year's Record Store Day seems to have triggered a bit of a backlash in some quarters, but how much of that is born of snobbishness and bad planning? Eamon Murtagh focuses on the positives...

Record Store Day is all about encouraging people to buy music, so why is it so hard to buy the records that are promoted? We have a few suggestions...

We look at three different stories summing up the comparative health of music formats, from Vulfpeck's silent Spotify album 'Sleepify', to 'Once Upon A Time In Shaolin' - the new Wu-Tang Clan album of which only one copy exists...

Our favourite Bullet Girl, FEMME, releases her version of the Otis/Aretha classic for International Women's Day...

Plus: Bowie wades into Scottish independence, Cossacks wade into Pussy Riot, Spotify wades into the UK charts, and Zhala says 'Konichiwa'...

London's Whistlejacket are tempting punters with a free taste of their distinctive brand of Valium-gaze...

Featuring Justin Bieber's casting as this year's pantomime villain, the launch of Beats' streaming service, and draconian new suggestions to tackle illegal downloading...

Our favourite people and organisations to follow, plus a round-up of some of the music industry stories that caught our eye over the last year. Warning: a lot of it doesn't make pretty reading...

Lily Allen's eventful return to music continues as she pledges a track to a Tarka Cordell tribute album, in order to raise money for one of The-Monitors' favourite charities...