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Here's a few of the recently released viral videos, featuring soundbites from assorted members of the cast. First, Rocket Raccoon revealed.

Oh, and Sharon Van Etten has posted a video trailer for new album 'Are We There' online. Can't wait.

New Anna Calvi video. Possibly the most un-Anna track on 'One Breath', but I'm happy to see it showcased.

Here's the comeback tune from Howler. Their debut album was one of my favourites in the olden days. Well, 2012.

^Music to my ears, both literally and figuratively.

Could only have looked better had there been more Karen Gillan.

Which is fine in itself, and I’m sure most of the current team will slot into other positions within Take Two, including those building future BioShock games. I just find it a little sad that they're being shut down over something that's neither a financial issue nor a problem with the quality of work.

Chairlift's Caroline Polachek is to release a solo album in April, under the name Ramona Lisa. Here's the first track to be lifted from it.

The first teaser for 'Guardians' has arrived, hence the starting of the topic. It's a 15-second clip promising plenty of action, and comes ahead of the full trailer release, which is expected later tonight.

Guardians of the Galaxy is an upcoming American science fiction superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is intended to be the tenth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is written and directed by James Gunn, with a story by Gunn and Nicole Perlman, and features an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, and Benicio del Toro. In Guardians of the Galaxy, Peter Quill forms an uneasy alliance with a group of misfits who are on the run after stealing a coveted orb. Producer Kevin Feige first publicly mentioned Guardians of the Galaxy as a potential film in 2010, and Marvel Studios announced that the film was in active development at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2012. Gunn entered negotiations to write and direct the film that August. In February 2013, Pratt was hired to play Peter Quill, and the supporting cast was filled out over the next several months. Filming began in July 2013 at Shepperton Studios, England with filming continuing in London before wrapping up in October 2013. The film is scheduled to be released on August 1, 2014, and will be released in 3D. Premise In the far reaches of space, an American pilot named Peter Quill finds himself the object of a manhunt after stealing an orb coveted by the villainous Ronan. In order to evade Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a group of misfits including Gamora, Rocket, Drax the Destroyer and Groot. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand — with the galaxy’s fate in the balance.

Just goes to show that nothing is a sure thing in the gaming industry these days. You can produce one of the biggest games of the year, both critically and financially, and still get canned.

Despite Barca looking fairly uncomfortable at times, you'd have to say the tie is virtually beyond repair now for Man City. It may have been rescuable had Alves not popped up to stick the second through Hart's legs.

Time to give this guy another outing...

Fox has just released a number of new pictures from the set. Sadly there's no sign of a Magneto face-off just yet, but there is a glimpse of McAvoy and Stewart together.

Could be an astral projection, could be that the movie will be set in an alternate reality or even that Wolverine goes back to a point in time before Charles lost the use of his legs. I wouldn't be surprised if it happened in a different way in this one, though. Depending on how many movies they're planning on making in the future, 'Xavier gets paralyzed' could be to the X-Men franchise what 'oh my god, they killed Kenny' was to South Park. Yeah, Quicksilver and the 'future' Sentinel variation have been the target of something approaching widespread ridicule up to now. The designs for Bishop and Wolverine however are receiving praise across the board.

Moby. Moby. Moby, Moby, Moby. Michael Stipe! Michael Stipe!

Rickie Lambert, you've been Cattermoled!

Love this one, from the forthcoming second album by Angel Olsen.

I'd say 'unbelievable' pretty much covers it. Hail Cubus!

You almost had me going there, guys! So when are they unveiling the real cover?

Impressionnant!

Live performance of unreleased Laura Marling track 'Born To Love'.

Dickerzon, perhaps.