Silent Uproar — According to TwentyFourBit, a nice group of collaborators are turning out to rework past material from The Kinks. Several sources, including Ray Davies, have confirmed Spoon, Billy Corgan, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Black, Alex Chilton, Lucinda William... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Andrew St. Clair, words by Patricia Scull "For the first time in my life, I just don't care," Frank Black sang Friday night (9/3), opening his solo acoustic show at Joe's Pub (his first of three sold out... more info

Guardian Music — As this column celebrates its fifth birthday, we'd like you to suggest songs with commemorative themesLook at this. It's the first ever Readers Recommend blog, posted five years ago on 1 September 2005. The theme was change. Almost everyone posted un... more info

Guardian Music — An eclectic set of nominations from a horribly subjective topicThat joke isn't funny any more, someone once sang, but which jokes were funny in the first place? Humour is a horribly subjective thing, and asking readers to post their favourite songs w... more info

NME — Kinks' frontman is working on a collaboration LP which will be released later this year more info

Totally Fuzzy — Swapmeet Louie said... THE ALARM:Live in Poughkeepsie, NY 1988-04-27 Strength Knife Edge Howling Wind Newtown Jericho Permanence in Change Absolute Reality Blaze of Glory One Step Closer to Home 68 Guns Rain in the Summertime Rescue Me Spirit of 76 ... more info

NME - The Daily Download — The tweeny Twilight franchise might want to watch its back from a soundtrack perspective as Scott Pilgrim Vs The World is set to raise the game this month with two seperate releases on August 23rd. The first is an original score composed by Radiohead... more info

Chorus.fm — *Pete Yorn* (http://www.purevolume.com/PeteYorn) has released the first single from his forthcoming self-titled album (http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1742602), produced by Frank Black. "Precious Stone" is yours for the price of one tweet. D... more info

Silent Uproar — Pete Yorn will release his fifth, proper album on September 28th via Vagrant Records. The self-titled record was produced by Frank Black (Pixies) and reportedly "totally rocks out." [vagrant.com] more info

Pitchfork — In the forthcoming nerd-avenger comic book movie Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World, the titular hero's band faces off against a group of punks called Crash and the Boys in a battle of the bands. While actor Erik Knudsen (aka Crash) provides vocals for the ... more info