Interesting news this morning, as you might have seen here: Poncho Sampedro has claimed that the forthcoming Neil Young & Crazy Horse album will be called “Psychedelic Pill”.
Blur made an electrifying return to Hyde Park last night (August 12).
The Britpop legends played as part of the Mayor of London's Olympic closing ceremony celebrations in central London.
Performing under a giant stage set of London's Westway dual carriageway, the band kicked off with a buoyant "Girls And Boys" before launching into Parklife favourites "London Loves", "Tracy Jacks" and "Jubilee".
MIA has described her forthcoming new album as sounding like Paul Simon "on acid".
The singer made the comment on Twitter, after telling fans she would answer 10 questions about the follow-up to 2010's Maya. She also explained that the record would be released in December, alongside a book, documentary and art exhibition. Some of the tweets have subsequently been deleted.
Bill Doss of Olivia Tremor Control has died at the age of 43.
A singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, he was also a co-founder of the Elephant 6 collective, and played with the Sunshine Fix and Apples in Stereo, as well as being part of cult indie rock group, Olivia Tremor Control.
The band announced the news on their website – via Rolling Stone - writing: "We are devastated by the loss of our brother Bill Doss… We are at a loss for words." A cause of death has not yet been announced.
Blur played two intimate gigs at London's Maida Vale Studios yesterday (July 31) and aired a number of rare tracks.
The four-piece, who recently broadcast their two new songs, "Under The Westway" and "The Puritan" from a secret UK location via a live video stream performance on Twitter, first performed an intimate session for BBC Radio 6Music, which you can see at the bottom of the page.
Singer Tony Martin has died at the age of 98.
The legendary crooner, who was best known for his hit singles "I Get Ideas", "Begin The Beguine" and "There's No Tomorrow", passed away on Friday (July 27) from natural causes at his home in West Los Angeles, reports Reuters.
Martin, who enjoyed the most successful periods of his career in the 1930s and 1950s, was a contemporary of the likes of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra and sold over one million copies of his most successful single "To Each His Own".
Feminist punk collective Pussy Riot have claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin is scared of them, on the eve of the trial of three of their members.
The three members of the band - Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich - have been in pre-trial detention since March of this year, after they staged a protest against Russian President Vladmir Putin. A court recently ruled that the three women will remain in custody until January 12, 2013, however legal arguments will be heard tomorrow (July 30).
Arctic Monkeys could be set to play at the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony tonight.
Last month, a leaked document reportedly showed that Arctic Monkeys were set to feature in tomorrow's spectacle. Other names on the list were Muse, Happy Mondays, M.I.A and Adele.
