Neil Young has launched a blistering attack on Canada's federal government and Alberta’s oilsands development, accusing officials of "killing" First Nations through their exploitation of the Alberta tar sands.
Young made the accusation at a press conference ahead of his Massey Hall show on Sunday, January 12.
Morrissey will release a new album later this year.
The singer has signed a new, worldwide record deal with Universal Music’s US-based Harvest Records. In a statement, he said he was "thrilled" to sign the contract.
Little Feat have announced details of a 13 disc box set.
Titled Rad Gumbo: The Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971-1990, the set is presented in a clamshell box and includes the band's studio albums and live recordings as well as outtakes.
A final disc of this collection highlights outtakes from Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years Of Little Feat, a four-disc retrospective collection released in 2000.
Rad Gumbo: The Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971-1990 is released by Rhino in the US on February 25.
The box set contains:
Little Feat (1971)
The Dead Weather have revealed new song "Rough Detective". Listen to it below.
"Rough Detective" is the second new song from The Dead Weather in 2014 following "Open Up (That's Enough)" which was revealed earlier this month (January).
Both "Rough Detective" and "Open Up (That's Enough)" are part of a series of single releases running up to the release of a new album by the band in 2015. The songs will be available digitally after the vinyl release.
Jeremy Spencer, one of the founding members of Fleetwood Mac, has announced American tour dates and a new album.
The dates will be Spencer's first full-length tour of America since 1971.
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are to perform together at this year's Grammy Awards.
McCartney has been nominated for a number of awards, including Best Rock Song for "Cut Me Some Slack" with Dave Grohl and Krist Noveselic, whilst Starr will be honoured with the 2014 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award at the ceremony.
Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Fallon performed a spoof version of "Born To Run" on US TV show Late Night last night (January 14).
The song was reworked in reference to the ongoing 'bridgegate' scandal, in which an aide working for New Jersey governor is accused of orchestrating traffic mayhem on the George Washington Bridge connecting New Jersey to Manhattan. The gridlock was allegedly intended to punish a Democratic mayor who did not endorse the governor's re-election.
John Paul Jones has started a new band called Minibus Pimps.
Jones has joined forces with Norwegian musician Deathprod - aka Helge Sten - for the project. The band will release their debut LP Cloud To Ground on March 3, reports Pitchfork. The band have launched their own website website.
Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Robert Plant and Arcade Fire are among the bands playing at this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
The event will take place across two weekends: April 25 - 27 and May 1 - 4.
Other artists performing include Santana, Vampire Weekend, Alabama Shakes, John Fogerty, Aaron Neville and Allen Toussaint.
You can find the full line-up here.
After Lou Reed died on October 27 last year we began discussing how best we could commemorate the man and his tremendous body of work. The natural solution presented itself in the form of an Ultimate Music Guide.
