Core News — “Gilles digs deep into his vinyl collection this week for a Brownswood Basement special, featuring a Wickedman Roots mix. There’s a tribute to Serge Gainsbourg plus underground beat producer Joe drops a jazz inspired mix featuring the likes of Ar... more info

Guardian Music — From writing saucy songs for Brigitte Bardot to propositioning Whitney Houston on TV, we recall the cause célèbres of France's premier pop poetTwenty years ago this week saw an event take place that brought the entire French population to a standst... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Record Fiend said... Waylon Jennings - Singer of Sad Songs (way-underrated Lee Hazlewood-produced album from 1970 just before Waylon became an Outlaw...incl. the hit title track along with superb covers of Tom Rush's "No Regrets," Tim Hardin's "If I ... more info

The Telegraph — Recordings of tracks written by Serge Gainsbourg and performed by the women who he loved and who inspired him. more info

The Telegraph — Sotheby's presents an exhibition devoted to pictures of Serge Gainsbourg, to mark the 20th anniversary of his death. more info

Guardian Music — Crowning our great pop hope of the year has become a January tradition in the UK. But what is the Sound Of 2011 around the world?Richie Loop, JamaicaRichie Loop cut his teeth as a producer at Shaggy's Big Yard Music Group, but it was his punch-sippin... more info

Guardian Music — Babyshambles singer, hailed as 'the new Serge Gainsbourg', will take lead role opposite Charlotte GainsbourgIt could have been the details of his £250-a-day drug addiction, or the pictures of his crack pipe in the tabloids. It could have been the ma... more info

Totally Fuzzy — nowaves said... Serge Gainsbourg - Ce Sacré Grand-Père (1968) Serge Gainsbourg - Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg (1969) Serge Gainsbourg - Cannabis (1970) Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971) Serge Gainsbourg - L'Homme à tête de chou ... more info

Stereogum — Pigeons is the dreamy, off-kilter, mantra-building bedroom-psych duo of Bronx-based husband/wife team Wednesday Knudsen and Clark Griffin. Their third album, Liasons, follows Si Faustine and the Hearts single, both out via Olde English Spelling Bee e... more info

Altsounds — Oh No Oh My describe their music as "sexy indie." That's what you might expect from an Austin-based foursome who cite Serge Gainsbourg's 'Histoire De Melody Nelson,' Spiritualized's 'Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space' and Nico's 'Chel... more info