A Los Angeles boutique owner and producer has received hate mail after releasing an album of 'new' music from notorious imprisoned murderer, Charles Manson. Manuel Vasquez made friends with Manson and turned to Kickstarter in order to raise money to help put out the 40 minute album, Just Fucking Around, which features tracks performed by Manson, who was accused of being behind a string of murders in Los Angeles in 1969, including the slaying of pregnant actress Sharon Tate.

Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic joined Scottish indie stalwarts The Vaselines onstage to perform "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam" on Monday (September 3). The performance, which you can watch above, took place at Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival and saw the reclusive grunge icon play accordion on the track.

Jack White has extended his full UK and Ireland tour, which will take place later this year. The guitar virtuoso, who released his debut solo album Blunderbuss earlier this year, has added a second show at London Alexandra Palace on November 3, having previously announced a November 2 show at the venue. The run of seven dates now begins at Dublin's O2 Arena on October 31 and runs until November 8 when White headlines Edinburgh's Usher Hall.

Recordings of The Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr's first band Rory Storm And The Hurricanes have been discovered, 50 years after they were originally made. The tapes were recorded in March 1960, a full two years before Starr was asked by producer Brian Epstein to join The Beatles.

The xx have revealed that they still make music separately in their bedrooms over iChat. In BBC Radio 1 documentary Night Time With The xx, which aired last night, singer Romy Madley-Croft revealed: "iChat is a really good way of working – that seperation is nice – but we do sit together and listen to demos, talk about them."