Guardian Music — Should anything really matter other than the quality of the new star's songs, asks our anonymous correspondentWhen our band started we were lucky to gain a small online following before anything else. This support actually pushed us into doing it for... more info

411 Mania — Universal and Sony trying to get him to sign... more info

ContactMusic — David Bowie is reportedly set to leave EMI The legendary rockers deal with the troubled label - which is in the middle of being auctioned by Citigroup - came to an end in January after 15 years and he is now said to be in talks with both Universal a.... more info

Guardian Music — To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – we bring you a classic interview-cum-confrontation between the late Lester Bangs and his hero Lou Reed. Originally titled Lou Ree... more info

NME — Universal Music and Sony Music reportedly in talks to take on rights to back catalogue more info

Guardian Music — The Chic co-founder and legendary producer's life story is a fascinating romp through the great days of disco, New York, and American counter-culture"There are no second acts in American lives," said F Scott Fitzgerald. Clearly, Nile Rodgers did not ... more info

Guardian Music — Buñuel goes new romantic. Michael Corleone as the guitarist's role model … David Lynch's favourite musicians discuss the relationship between music and the moviesNick Rhodes, Duran DuranWhat moment in film is most similar in its own way to the m... more info

Spinner.com — M Barnes It's been almost two years since Toronto retro-rockers Zeus fired off their Polaris-nominated and Verge-winning debut 'Say Us.' Well, the band named after the head honcho of all Greek gods has finally come back down the mountain to beq... more info

NME - The Daily Download — If you're a lover of David Bowie like I am, then you're probably bummed out by all those rumours that he's quitting music for good. But might there be another act to follow in his footsteps? Word has it that Mr. Stardust was so wowed by a new cove... more info

Pop Justice — » Is there a sadder indictment of the state of the record industry than the fact that Professor Green's nan can't buy his current Number One single on CD? (The Sun) (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3903631/Professor-Greens-nan-c... more info