Mercury News, California — Holiday shopping? Here are some gift ideas for the music fans on your list. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — David Bowie, "Blackstar" (ISO/Columbia). We've come to expect curious things from David Bowie. Consider the newest song from the mercurial pop star. Opening with gentle guitar, dissonant strings and a wobbly snare beat, the track runs just shy of 10 ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jason Lindner (photo by Deneka Peniston) We were recently talking about who's playing on David Bowie's new album, and two of those musicians are teaming up for a NYC show tonight: keyboardist Jason Lindner and drummer Mark Guiliana. Tonight's set... more info

Stereogum — Dazed reports that David Bowie, Björk, Thom Yorke, Damon Albarn, Phil Selway, Courtney Barnett, Robert Plant, Chrissie Hynde, Bobby Gillespie, My Morning Jacket, Bon Iver’s S. Carey, and more signed an open letter asking international leaders to r... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jimmy King Last week, David Bowie released the really great title track off his upcoming album '★' (pronounced "Blackstar") and now a new feature on Rolling Stone reveals more details on the album. LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy, who... more info

Stereogum — Last week, David Bowie debuted his 10-minute-long single “Blackstar” with an appropriately epic video. Rolling Stone spoke with some of his collaborators about his new album, and there’s some interesting stuff in there! Apparently, ★ was insp... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — New Bowie. There is only one. Via Blackstar, out January 2016. more info

Stereogum — The short film for David Bowie’s new single “★” premiered just a few minutes ago on Palladia TV and at a screening in Brooklyn. Now, the whole thing is online for everyone to see. It was directed by Johan Renck (who also directed the UK show ... more info

Stereogum — In the first week of next year, David Bowie will follow up his very good 2013 album The Next Day with the new joint ★ (or, if you prefer, Blackstar.) We’ve already seen a trailer for the album, and now we get to see the cover art. And where his l... more info

Stereogum — David Bowie will release the first single for his new album Blackstar (stylized ★) on Thursday (11/19) accompanied by a short film shot by Johan Renck, the director of The Last Panthers TV series that uses the track for its title credits sequence. ... more info