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Rosie Swash

Music Weekly: The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Welcome to the new look pages for Music Weekly. In this edition, Rosie Swash finds herself manning the ship while Paul MacInnes suns himself in France or somewhere.

Her first task is to interview Anton Newcombe, infamous frontman of LA's psychedelic rock group The Brian Jonestown Massacre and self-proclaimed Messiah. The group are back with a new album, My Bloody Underground, so Newcombe found himself enjoying a rare sunny day in England at London's Columbia hotel. And Rosie Swash found herself enjoying it, sort of, with him. Newcombe. who gained notoriety after the release of rockumentary Dig! in 2004, talked about, well, it's not all that clear, but Amy Winehouse came up, as did drug use, as did Razorlight, of all things. A truly remarkable man, whichever way you look at it.

The 21-year-old Swedish popstar Lykke Li has the words "number one single etched" all over her - once the world finds out about her sublime debut single Little Bit, that is. Rosie Swash gets the jetsetter to introduce herself.

Elsewhere, there's more on Lightspeed Champion-gate and whether Morrissey is any good without Johnny Marr as we round up the best of last week's blog. Plus, there's Facebook feedback and various hellos to new faces.

And finally, Guardian pop critics Caroline Sullivan and Paul Lester join Rosie in the pod to discuss the latest singles from Goldfrapp, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds and Cut Off Your Hands.

Please do let us know your opinions on all three by going to the blog, and remember to go to facebook.com and search for Guardian Unlimited Music if you want to hear your name read out on air.

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