In what has been a pretty grim week for the music industry, let the F-Word music blog lift your mood and guide your gig-going and listening activities this month
With Skin as their charismatic frontwoman, the "clit rock" of Skunk Anansie has a firm place in mid-1990s nostalgia. Jess McCabe attends a gig in Brixton in 2012 and finds them sounding better than ever
Holly introduces the playlist for November. Soulful sounds lead the way, before a move into rock and indie, followed by a haunting moment from the usually more guitar-laden Suffrajett in preparation for a wintry finalé from Kate Bush