Guardian Music — (Nettwerk)Ladytron have been ploughing their icy furrow for a dozen years now, first as lonely outliers for their brand of synthpop, latterly as elder statespeople of a sound that's become increasingly common. Their fifth album cleaves to their Mit... more info

NME — Bowie: The Ultimate Music Guide gives details of the 1979 punch up more info

Guardian Music — It's hard to imagine the former Queen frontman aged 65. But to celebrate Freddie Mercury's immortalisation as a Google doodle, we thought we'd give it a try ...Freddie Mercury would have been 65 today. But what would have happened had he not died? Fo... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — I'm sure most of you know the David Bowie song "Space Oddity." It's possible that you call this song "Ground Control to Major Tom," which makes a certain amount of sense, given the number of times that phrase is repeated throughout it. But you know w... more info

Guardian Music — Journalist known for his softly ruthless interview techniqueTom Hibbert, a former Observer columnist and mainstay of both Smash Hits and Q magazines, has died aged 59, from complications brought about by diabetes. His cavalier humour and softly ruthl... more info

Altsounds — In the grand tradition of peanut butter meeting Iggy's chest or Bing Crosby getting down with David Bowie, Third Man Records is ecstatic to present the latest in a long-line of unexpected musical pairings...Insane Clown Posse and Mozart. Back ... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — XFM - A Canadian illustrator "reimagines" the classic 1969 single... more info

The Independent — David Bowie's 1969 song "Space Oddity", which sees fictional astronaut Major Tom drifting into outer space, has been turned into an unlikely children's book by a Canadian illustrator. more info

NME — Lyrics from singer's seminal track used as inspiration for free kid's tome more info

Gigwise — See extract from the book... more info