Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch has been honoured by the local government in his home state of New York. Yauch, who was also known as MCA, was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 and succumbed to the disease earlier this month, aged 47. The rapper, who grew up in New York and lived there throughout his life, was honoured by the city's state senate on Tuesday [May 15].

Sir Paul discusses the end of the Fab Four and a new group…

The best I can say in pitiful mitigation of my frequently poor behaviour at the time is that in those days I was not easily embarrassed and usually up for anything, a sorry mix. Anyway, it's October 1976. Patti Smith's just released her new album, Radio Ethiopia.

Donna Summer, who was best known for a string of hit singles including "I Feel Love" and "Hot Stuff", died today aged 63. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she released seventeen studio albums during a career which lasted over 30 years. Reports claim that she had been working on a new LP shortly before she passed away in Florida following a lengthy battle with cancer.

My Bloody Valentine have announced three live dates in Japan. According to Time Out Japan (via Pitchfork), the band will play three shows in February next year. The dates are: 02-06 Osaka, Japan - The Hatch 02-07 Tokyo, Japan - Studio Coast 02-08 Tokyo, Japan - Studio Coast Apart from an appearance at 2008's Fuji Rock Festival, this will be the first time My Bloody Valentine have played Japan in two decades.

PJ Harvey has contributed two new songs to a forthcoming documentary, What Is This Film Called Love? The songs are called "Horses" and "Bobby Don't Steal", and are the singer/songwriter's first new material since her 2011 album, Let England Shake. Described as a "poetic documentary about the nature of happiness", What Is This Film Called Love? is the debut feature by critic Mark Cousins.

Slash has unveiled the video to his brand new single, "You're A Lie". Scroll down to watch. Vocalist Myles Kennedy features on the track, which is the first single to be taken from Slash's forthcoming solo album, Apocalyptic Love, which is set for release on May 21. The tracklisting for Apocalyptic Love is: 'Apocalyptic Love' 'One Last Thrill' 'Standing in the Sun' 'You're a Lie' 'No More Heroes' 'Halo' 'We Will Roam' 'Anastasia' 'Not for Me' 'Bad Rain' 'Hard & Fast' 'Far and Away' 'Shots Fired'

Uncut have launched a new iPad app which tells the complete story of one of the greatest rock’n’roll icons of all time, Bruce Springsteen.

A while back, I read somewhere that Ben Chasny’s next Six Organs Of Admittance record would feature the heavy involvement of his old bandmates from Comets On Fire: it would be a kind of Comets reunion, was the speculation, albeit with Chasny in the driving seat rather than Ethan Miller.

Dirty Projectors have announced the tracklisting to their forthcoming LP, Swing Lo Magellan, which will be released via Domino on July 9. The tracklisting is: Offspring Are Blank About to Die Gun Has No Trigger Swing Lo Magellan Just From Chevron Dance For You Maybe That Was It Impregnable Question See What She's Seeing The Socialites Unto Caesar Irresponsible Tune You can hear "Gun Has No Trigger" here; http://soundcloud.com/dominorecordco/dirty_projectors-gun_has_no_trigger