Here we are, at the start of the final year of our lives. Now, whilst the heavens begin to open, traffic lights start to go rogue, and Satan ascends the fire laden stairway, a plethora of good music is set to be released, ready to soundtrack our final moments.

At the turn of the millennium fat cat record label bosses made a decision which ultimately determined the current downturn of the music industry today. Remember Napster? The popular P2P file sharing program that everyone around you had, you know the one where you'd download dozens of Will Smith albums,...

Covering anyone is a hard task. How on earth do you retain the brilliance and stature of the original song, without ruining it altogether? Very few artists achieve it, although a few have. Jeff Buckley arguably bettered Leonard Cohen with "Hallelujah" as did Jose Gonzalez with "Heartbeats."

Incase you...

He's influenced everyone fromThe Beatles to Bright Eyes, changed the state of play to electric, hung out with Edie Sedgwick, retained a pinpoint dress sense throughout the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s and on the 24th May, Bob Dylan is set to reach a new landmark - he'll be...

A couple of weeks back now, Spotify announced plans to retract its free music allowance, limiting users to ten hours of streaming and a maximum of 5 plays per song.

Of course, the Internet went ape-shit over this idea -- #RIPSpotify they cried -- with people left right and...

Since the introduction of the internet, the UK underground music scene has been teeming with more new artists than you can shake a stick at. Back in 2006, anyone could upload a couple of tracks to MySpace, and now -- fast forwarding to 2011 -- everyone, from your neighbour to...