A long list this week, reflecting perhaps a certain current fixation on the work of Julia Holter and Elephant Micah.

The man in black takes it to the masses across three decades and two CDs...

Saint Etienne have previewed their first new album since 2005's 'Tales From Turnpike House' album. The trio, made up of Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs, have made the song 'Tonight' available to download for a limited period of time from their website – www.saintetienne.com – before the single's official release on March 5. Scroll down to listen to the track.

Arctic Monkeys have confirmed that they won't be appearing at any of this summer's festivals across Europe.

Iggy Pop has been named ambassador of Record Store Day 2012.

Etta James' funeral is set to take place this Saturday, January 28, in Gardena, Los Angeles.

Peter Hook has said he feels it is "quite a compliment" that Disney have been "inspired" by Joy Division's 'Unknown Pleasures' artwork for their latest Mickey Mouse T-shirt.

The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has pulled out of an event due to be hosted by British Prime Minister David Cameron, after complaining that he was being used as a "political football".

Whatever it was meant to be, it wasn’t fun. In the closing years of the 1960s, the Kinks’ managers Robert Wace and Grenville Collins cajoled Dave Davies into recording material for a putative solo album - long known to fans as A Hole In The Sock Of Dave Davies. Hard-pressed and still heartbroken from being parted from his school sweetheart, what the Kinks guitarist delivered was too gloomy for anyone to handle.

It’s 1978 and the Rolling Stones have just left the soggy vagueness of their mid-70s career behind, only to come across punk and new wave.