Aquarium Drunkard — Hour long BBC4 documentary tracking Bowie’s transformation from “The Laughing Gnome” to Ziggy. more info

Consequence of Sound — David Bowie celebrates Valentine's Day seven months early. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — 13.7 Cosmos and Culture examines the connection between reading preferences and personality. I Heart Bowie is a new, free David Bowie mashup album. At Vice, Blake Butler interviews Alyssa Nutting about her new novel Tampa. Stereogum shares a free and... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In Saturday's Calendar section, Times pop music critic Randall Roberts runs down his picks for the best albums of the year so far, a list that includes Chance the Rapper's "Acid Rap," Kacey Musgraves' "Same Trailer Different Park" and "The Next Day... more info

DrownedInSound — The first six months of the year went by with a flash of Bowie, the whoosh of Daft Punk, Boards of Canada, My Bloody Valentine, and the crash of Nine Inch Nails returning... we thought we better take stock of the year so far, and give you lot (hello!... more info

Starpulse — Handwritten lyrics by David Bowie have exceeded auction estimates after selling for $29,063 (£18,750) in London. The 1972 scrawl, which was signed and dated by the rock icon, was expected to fetch... more info

411 Mania — From Kanye West's Yeezus and David Bowie's The Next Day to Black Sabbath's 13, Daft Punk's Random Access Memories and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas counts down the top 8 albums from the first six months of 2013! more info

411 Mania — He could play Hannibal Lector's uncle... more info

Starpulse — Reclusive rocker David Bowie has been offered the chance to return to the small screen with a role on U.S. horror series Hannibal. The Under Pressure hitmaker has starred in a number of movies and... more info

Mercury News, California — The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie aren't the true stars of this new documentary film -- it's their backup vocalists. more info