Brooklyn Vegan — John Vanderslice at Mercury Lounge in 2010 (more by Amanda Hatfield) John Vanderslice and Crooked Fingers (the project of Archers of Loaf frontman Eric Bachmann) are teaming up for a co-headlining tour together this fall which hits the NYC area... more info

Dlisted — Sharon Osbourne has officially handed NBC her I QUIT THIS BITCH papers and will not sit with Howard Stern and Howie Mandel at the America's Got Talent judges table next season. No, Sharon didn't quit because she's sick of Howard sneaki... more info

Guardian Music — Rick Smith of techno duo Underworld reveals how they tackled the soundtrack to the London Olympics opening ceremony – and how it left him with an 'absolutely beautiful feeling'The contrast between this summer's two uber-spectaculars – the diamond... more info

Guardian Music — They became a byword for yuppie pop, music as luxury goods – but Roxy Music were always much odder than thatIn a world of lavish, expensive box sets, you might expect Roxy Music's 40th anniversary package to be the most lavish of the lot. But the... more info

Dlisted — I went to Williamstown, MA a couple of weekends ago, because every now and again I like to trade in my nightly routine of getting drunk in my underwear on my couch for getting drunk in my swim panties on a patch of grass in the country somewhere. And... more info

Guardian Music — Did Rizzle Kicks delight or disappoint? And who won the big Saturday night disco playoff? We want to hear your take on the weekend's festivitiesThis year's Camp Bestival basked in three days of sunshine, the first consistently lovely weekend of the s... more info

Guardian Music — Isles of Wonder, the album featuring music from Danny Boyle's spectacular, sold 10,000 copies in two daysAn album featuring music from the London 2012 opening ceremony has sold more than 10,000 copies within 24 hours of going on sale. The compilation... more info

DrownedInSound — DiS' David Edwards and Simon Catlin talk guitars, music and collaborating with two icons of late twentieth-century guitar playing: Johnny Marr and Nile Rodgers.... we kick off an interview with such lines as “When I was playing with Bowie” and �... more info

Guardian Music — The ICA pays tribute to Bowie's golden years, and Nitin Sawhney scores Hitchcock's The LodgerBowie on celluloidThe first film festival dedicated to the on-screen appearances of David Bowie will take place at London's ICA at the end of August. Bowiefe... more info

Guardian Music — Serious and silly, subversive and mainstream, high and low: Danny Boyle's bonkers Olympics opening ceremony could only have been made by a British artistThe NHS, gay kisses; the Sex Pistols, Ken Loach; the Windrush, the Suffragette movement. As Danny... more info