Guardian Music — Billed as the 'new Bowie', Jobriath exploded onto the glam rock scene in the 1970s – and then disappeared. Marc Almond salutes a personal heroBritain in the early 1970s was going through a depression: the naive dreams and optimism of the 1960s had ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The current issue of Q, features an article about "The Real Best Of".What would happen if you could pick your favourite artist’s best of?Well that’s exactly what we’ve done, check out our writer's Real Best Of selections for Oasis, Madonna, Nir... more info

Guardian Music — As Bowie's creation is celebrated with a blue plaque, what other musical characters would you like to receive the same treatment?When English Heritage erects a blue plaque, it's generally to mark a place that's associated with a famous person or even... more info

Guardian Music — David Bowie's androgynous alter ego, now honoured with a blue plaque, shot an electric current through less enlightened timesIn Strange Fascination, his biography of David Bowie, critic David Buckley treats Bowie's performance of Starman on Top of th... more info

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Guardian Music — Outsider music star releases new album in the format of a game in which players must complete levels to unlock tracksTexan folk singer Daniel Johnston is known as much for his self-drawn album sleeves as he is for his idiosyncratic music. Over a 30-y... more info

Guardian Music — Hackney Empire, LondonIt's a bit of a caricature, but in the world of art, there are two types of practitioners: first, the artist who leaps from one subject to another, mixing media, restlessly looking for the next new thing. Then there are those wh... more info

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Here Comes The Flood — The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends will be released on Record Store Day (April 21). It's a 2LP with tons of guests. Wayne Coyne explains how the band's psychedelic vinyl is pressed at A&R Records in Dallas. Side 1: 2012 (featuring Ke$ha and B... more info