Guardian Music — With his strutting disco rock, this Bowie acolyte looks set to oust Mika and Scissor Sisters in the glam departmentHometown: Bristol.The lineup: Rollo Jean (vocals, music).The background: Once upon a time, more than the Beatles or the Stones, the Vel... more info

NME - The Video Blog — Check this out - David Bowie (back when he was known as David Jones) in his first ever TV appearance, founding the "Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men"... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Many of our English readers are probably familiar with London-based The Leisure Society, the brainchild of musician Nick Hemming formerly of early 90s outfit She Talks To Angels. While Hemming has quite the decorated and diverse musical past, only r... more info

Guardian Music — Moon scoops best film and Jones best debut director at British independent film awardsAs a child, he was called Zowie Bowie. These days it's the far more sensible Duncan Jones, and tonight he emerged triumphantly from the very large shadow of his fat... more info

Live Daily — The BBC has referred to Morrissey [ tickets ] as "one of the most influential figures in the history of British pop”--and critic Steven Wells called him "the man who more or less invented indie." However you slice it, the former frontman of â�... more info

Stereogum — We've gone on and on and on about how great Apes & Androids' live show is. Well, was. Past tense, because sadly, Apes & Androids are no more. In talking about last year's greatest concerts, I said: "Live A&A are something like of Montreal by way of S... more info

5 Acts — Maxskansascity.com is an online community dedicated to continuing the artistic trajectory of Max’s Kansas City. From the late 1960s through the early ‘80s, Max’s Kansas City was a gathering place in NYC for all things hip and, as ... more info

Guardian Music — Camille O'Sullivan is terrified of the stage. But once on it she is a singer possessedLast Saturday, Camille O'Sullivan stood on stage at London's Royal Albert Hall in front of 5,000 people. She wore a black strapless dress, fishnet stockings, and re... more info

Stereogum — A quick listen of London-via-Sweden sextet Fanfarlo suggests they're building from the finer stock of 2006's crop, with surging melodramatics and instrumentation in the Arcade Fire and Beirut vein, lead vocals that are something like David Byrne via ... more info

Stereogum — In 1967 the 20-year-old Bowie received a letter from a 14-year old girl in New Mexico and was so excited he immediately sat down and typed her a page-long reply. "My real name is David Jones ... I hope one day to get to America." more info