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

Stereogum — The Amen break is a six-second drum solo in “Amen, Brother,” a 1969 b-side by the American funk/soul group the Winstons. It’s one of the most sampled drumbeats — and loops in general — of all time, showing up in songs by N.W.A., the Prodigy... more info

Stereogum — In a new interview with Radio Times (via Fact), director Danny Boyle said that he only took on his most recent film, Steve Jobs, after David Bowie refused to be involved in a musical film about the star by denying permission to use any of his songs. ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — When photographer Mick Rock met David Bowie in 1971, the world was not paying attention. Rock was a recent student of literature at Cambridge who came upon the glittery young rock 'n' roller at the beginning of an inspired new musical phase. Rock had... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo by Jimmy King Earlier this month, David Bowie released a clip of a new song called "Blackstar" as the theme song for the new TV show The Last Panthers, and over the weekend it was announced that Blackstar will... more info

Time — He will debut 'Blackstar' on Jan. 8, 2016, his 69th birthday more info