Stereogum — Nick Cave announced that Grinderman is splitting up at the Meredith Music Festival in Australia. Via The Guardian: Cave told the 12,000 strong crowd “That’s it for Grinderman. It’s over,” before apparently adding “See you all in another ten... more info

Guardian Music — 'That's it,' says Bad Seeds frontman, before suggesting Grinderman could return when they're 'even older and uglier'Nick Cave has ended Grinderman's latest tour by announcing that the band is "over". The group played their final show on Saturday nigh... more info

ContactMusic — Nick Cave has played his final gig with Grinderman after announcing the groups split at a music festival in Australia The band a side-project formed by members of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 2006 appeared at the Meredith Music Festival in Victoria... more info

411 Mania — The side project is no more... more info

NME — Troy Davis is set to be executed next week more info

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — Hard-Fi, 'Killer Sounds' - album review At the beginning of the year, arguments raged over the supposed death of guitar music. The percentage of rock songs in the charts dropped to 3%, leading many to call the genre's last rites. However, as count... more info

Guardian Music — Alexandra Palace, LondonI'll Be Your Mirror is the new sister festival of All Tomorrow's Parties, neatly taking its moniker from the B-side of the Velvet Underground single after which the parent festival was named. Spread over two days, this inaugur... more info

DrownedInSound — ATP's I'll Be Your Mirror event takes place this weekend at London's Alexandra Palace and the two-day line-up is fairly spectacular. It includes PJ Harvey, Grinderman, Swans, DOOM, Company Flow, Godspeed and a ton more. As IBYM works out as the b-sid... more info

Guardian Music — Mojo editor hails 'remarkable' year for Rumer, while Arctic Monkeys, John Grant and Primal Scream also win awardsAfter chasing a record deal for more than a decade, Sarah Joyce – otherwise known as the singer-songwriter Rumer – has taken home the... more info

The Quietus — 'Kitchenette' RAK session online now more info