BBC News - UK — Iggy Pop confirms his band will carry on without late guitarist Ron Asheton and return for a tour next year. more info

411 Mania — Blur, David Bowie, Iggy Pop will rock out as plastic figures... more info

NME — Watch Damon Albarn and co rock out 'Song 2' as plastic figures more info

Live Daily — Alt-rockers Cage the Elephant [ tickets ] will take to the road this fall for a US tour in support of their eponymous debut. The trek--which continues with a performance tonight (10/21) in South Burlington, VT--spans three months, stopping by club... more info

411 Mania — Thurston Moore and Iggy Pop team up for Jemina Pearl, Carly Simon is mad at Starbucks, The Flaming Lips cover Pink Floyd, Madonna is loud, Jon Bon Jovi is all over NBC, Pixies hit the road, Kanye hits the smallest screen (then bounces off it), Guns n... more info

Culture Bully — Music video for "Oh My God" by Ida Maria from the album "Fortress Round My Heart." more info

Culture Bully — Music video for "I Hate People" by former Be Your Own PET vocalist Jemina Pearl from the album "Break It Up." more info

Stereogum — Last week we posted clips from Lego Rock Band, the video game that finally lets you pretend-play songs as lego versions of David Bowie, Brian May, and Iggy Pop. Today comes word that Blur are on board too. Woo hoo. more info

Rock Sellout — Jemina Pearl went solo after the break up of Be Your Own Pet and released the album Break It Up via Ecstatic Peace/Universal. Today she unleashed the new video for the single I Hate People Feat.  Iggy Pop And Thurston Moore. I am a fan of Jemina's ... more info

Stereogum — We've been through this already, but it bears repeating because it keeps happening: In 2009 Iggy Pop somehow became the king of oddball duets (often with younger ladies). He's also the best part of this campy video for Jemina Pearl's Break It Up lead... more info