The Vinyl Villain — Things have been a bit hectic round here of late, so apologies for the lateness of this review and the one coming tomorrow.I'm not concerned by the fact that a recent glowing review of the single Sometime Around Midnight resulted in a dmca notice bei... more info

Guardian Music — Are the producer and singer-songwriter the most well-connected people in pop? A mysterious promotional poster for their forthcoming project promises more star cameos than Live AidDavid Lynch, Iggy Pop, Gruff Rhys, members of the Strokes, the Shins, t... more info

NME — Collaboration with Sparklehorse also features Iggy Pop and Gruff Rhys more info

PUNK legend ditches thrashing guitars and drums on new album — for French jazz more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano Mike Watt and Iggy Pop@ Terminal 5 (more by Lori Baily) As previously reported, Mike Watt is heading out on the road with The Missingmen to debut songs off his third studio album Ten and Tweny Don't... more info

NME — Punk legend embraces French literature too more info

Altsounds — *Iggy Pop*, the Godfather of Punk, takes on the language of romance and gets “dangerously near jazz” on his new album, *Préliminaires*, to be released in the U.S. on EMI Music’s *Astralwerks* label on June 2. Pro... more info

This Scene Is Dead — I got a great comment today against a post that I did a couple of months back covering the fantastic reggae tune “Black Star Liner,” by Reggae Regular. What set this one apart from all the other comments received thus far was that this one came f... more info

Rolling Stone — • American Idol Boots Murray, Nunez Top stories from the last three days: • Iggy Pop on New Disc, Future of Stooges • U2 Top the Charts With Strong Horizon Debut • Michael Jackson Adds 17 Shows to O2 Run • Velvet Revolver Deny Canadian Is S... more info

ContactMusic — Punk icon IGGY POP is taking SEX PISTOLS star STEVE JONES' offer to join THE STOOGES seriously. Jones offered to step in and fill the void left by the death of ... more info