NME — Richard Russell says the over-sexualisation of female popstars has led to 'boring, crass and unoriginal' music more info

Gigwise — Set for release next May... more info

KEXP Seattle — Sasquatch Music Festival and Northwest Folklife Festival have been running all weekend and continue on Memorial Day. Here’s what else is going on Monday night as well as the rest of the week. There are a couple big shows in town this week including... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Lady Gaga has ended Adele's lengthy reign over the album chart - Born This Way has debuted at number one with the biggest first week sales of the year so far. more info

ContactMusic — Beverly Knight has backed fellow British singer Adele after the soul star refused to give her ex-boyfriend any royalties for songs she wrote about their break-up. Adele, who is currently riding high in the charts with her popular album 21, recently r... more info

ContactMusic — Lady Gaga has ended Adele's lengthy reign over the U. K. album chart - Born This Way has debuted at number one with the biggest first week sales of the year (11) so far. The pop superstar forced Adele's 21 into second place by selling over 215,000 un... more info

Pop Crunch — While you were chowing down on BBQ and honoring America’s fallen soldiers over the Memorial Day Weekend, Pussycat Doll frontwoman Nicole Scherzinger — supposedly the newest judging panelist on the [...] more info

NME — Gaga scores biggest first week sales of 2011 so far more info

Perez Hilton — The girl's got pipes! It's hard to compete with someone as amazing as Queen Adele, but Nicole Scherzinger did an incredible cover of Rolling in the Deep. We're impressed! Check out her rendition (above) - The video quality isn't that great, but you ... more info

Guardian Music — XL's Richard Russell blames "boring, crass and unoriginal" music on industry's over-sexualisation of female artistsA top record executive has launched a damning attack on music industry attitudes, claiming the insistence on over-sexualising female ar... more info