Stephen Stills has formed a new group, The Rides. Playing alongside guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Electric Flag keyboardist Barry Goldberg, The Rides are due to release their debut album, Can't Get Enough, on August 26 through Provogue Records. The 10-track album has been produced by former Talking Head, Jerry Harrison. The line up on Can't Get Enough is augmented by Chris Layton, Shepherd’s drummer, and CSN bassist, Kevin McCormick. Scroll down to watch Stills, Goldberg and Shepherd discuss the album.

Jack White has been revealed as the anonymous donor who saved the Detroit Masonic Temple from foreclosure. White apparently paid off $142,000 (£92,798) in back taxes so his hometown venue - the world's largest Masonic Temple - could stay in business. The Detroit Free Press reports that White's mother formerly worked as an usher at the venue. White – now based in Nashville - also played the venue with The White Stripes.

Beck has unveiled a brand new, stand-alone single called "Defriended". Click below to listen to track, which Spin reports will not feature on either of the artist's forthcoming two albums. They also state that there will be another stand-alone single release ahead of his next studio album and the acoustic LP which is also in the works.

Back from a week’s holiday, so plenty of new things among this 21st office playlist, with lots of the best tracks - from Cian Nugent, Lace Curtain, Houndstooth and The Cairo Gang, among others – embedded. A hairy teaser for Crazy Horse’s imminent UK dates, too, and a serendipitous reissue for Samuel Purdey’s luxe late ‘90s evocation of Steely Dan and the Doobies; curious Daft Punk fans might be advised to check out “Only When I’m With You”, especially.

Checking emails over the weekend, I was more than passingly alarmed when I got a message from a friend asking if I’d heard the news about Lou Reed. This sounded somewhat ominous. Lou has looked decidedly frail at recent London shows and he is after all 71 and despite being sober for many years has not always led the kind of lifestyle that could be described as wholly healthy. For a long time, he seemed alongside Keith Richards the rock star most likely to become a casualty of what might euphemistically be described as reckless living. Could the excesses of his past finally have caught up with him?

David Lynch has announced details of his second album, The Big Dream. The album is the director's follow-up to his 2011 debut, Crazy Clown Time. It features a cover of Bob Dylan's "The Ballad Of Hollis Brown" and also includes a collaboration with Lykke Li called "I'm Waiting Here".

Jack White and T Bone Burnett are producing a documentary about the American recording industry during the 1920s and 1930s. The film, which Burnett says is co-produced by Robert Redford and the BBC, will be called American Epic.

Black Sabbath are currently streaming their new album 13 online. Visit the band's iTunes artist page, click on 'View in iTunes' to hear the album in full. 13, which will be officially released on June 10, is the first album Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler have recorded together since 1978's Never Say Die!. The album was produced by Rick Rubin and features Rage Against The Machine's Brad Wilk, who replaces original drummer Bill Ward.

Bob Dylan has been nominated for France's Légion d'Honneur. Dylan had his first nomination reportedly thrown out by the deciding council over his marijuana use and his opposition to the Vietnam War, reports Reuters. The approval by the Légion d'Honneur council means France's minister of culture may soon decorate Dylan with the honour, which is the country's highest distinction. Previous performers awarded the honour include Paul McCartney and Charles Aznavour.

Boards Of Canada's live album playback crashed their official website tonight (June 3). The live album transmission of Tomorrow's Harvest, their first full-length record in eight years, was greeted with phenomenal demand, causing an error message to appear on boardsofcanada.com. However, fans could still hear the album via the live YouTube feed, which was posted on their official Facebook.