Guardian Music — Kurt Vile, On tourKurt Vile is a man who has made apathy his mission statement but who has seen this anti-attitude get him quite a long way. A native of Philadelphia, and a former member of the no less great The War On Drugs, Vile (his real name) mak... more info

Perez Hilton — The only time star power can be gathered together like this is for an awards show or a funeral. We're so sorry to say its the latter, but we're pleased so many people planning on making the trip to say goodbye to a beloved talent. The number of A-lis... more info

411 Mania — Can a musical act be successful in America without recording in English? What happened to the material for Hot Sauce Committee, Part 1? Is David Bowie in Labyrinth amongst the best performances by a musician in a movie? All this and more in this we... more info

Guardian Music — Rolling Stone features on top 10 Will.i.am single while former Beatle enters album charts at number threeMick Jagger has gone to the top 10 of the singles chart for the first time in more than a quarter of a century. The Rolling Stones singer feature... more info

Stereogum — Nile Rodgers co-founded and led Chic, probably the single greatest act of the disco era. He produced “Upside Down” for Diana Ross and “Let’s Dance” for David Bowie and “Like A Virgin” for Madonna. He’s in the process of whupping cance... more info

Guardian Music — French duo visit home of disco mastermind to 'talk about making a new record together'Daft Punk could be making a new album with Chic mastermind Nile Rodgers. On Tuesday the French duo apparently descended upon Rodgers' home in New York, where they w... more info

ContactMusic — Daft Punk are set to work with Nile Rogers The One More Time group were scheduled to meet the guitarist and producer - who has worked with David Bowie and Michael Jackson - this week to discuss new material Nile told Houston culturemap com... more info

Guardian Music — Even if you like the right music at the wrong time, there's never a wrong time to discover Joni MitchellI liked all the right music. Just not always at the right time. Bowie was already clean and dull by the time I discovered him; ditto Lou Reed, Bry... more info

Chorus.fm — Hit the replies to watch *D'Angelo* (http://www.myspace.com/dangelo) cover *David Bowie* (http://www.davidbowie.com)'s "Space Oddity" live in Paris from last weekend. more info

Stereogum — Y’all might have heard that D’Angelo is back, but so far, his performances are flexing more muscle than anyone could have anticipated. In Paris’ Le Zénith, D’Angelo covered David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” and it’s a fairly special, if n... more info