ContactMusic — Punk icon Iggy Pop has released his latest album online after record label bosses shunned the new work fearing it would flop The Lust For Life singer has moved from rocker to crooner for his new record titled Apres which is made up of French-language... more info

ContactMusic — Singer KEHA has teamed up with her idol Iggy Pop for a new duet The TiK ToK hitmaker has long cited the punk star as one of her musical influences and now shes confirmed theyre collaborating on a song for her second studio album Keha took to... more info

Gigwise — He says music business is 'humiliating' after bad reaction to French record more info

Sky News — The "grandfather of punk" Iggy Pop has shed his bad-boy image - transforming himself into a smooth crooner. more info

Gigwise — Singer tweets photo of herself in studio with bare-chested rock legend more info

Guardian Music — A new picture of Keith Richards and Mick Jagger at primary school has emerged. Why is there something so compelling about seeing the icons of our own youth during theirs?In pictures: rock stars in their high-school yearbooksFresh-faced, clean-cut, sq... more info

Guardian Music — SCUM Amber Hands (Mute) This glorious four-minute dollop of swirling shoegazey prog-bobbins sees SCUM moving further away from the Horrors' nonsensically-coiffured shadow. It's a taut, swooshing cloud of grubby psychedelia that wafts about your head ... more info

Impose Magazine — There was a time when every band, from the most punk or hadcore to the most Mania-enducing, covered Richard Berry's "Louie, Louie" on tour. Iggy Pop taunted a biker gang with "Louie, Louie", Henry Rollins turned it into a gutteral dirge, and The ... more info

Guardian Music — Detroit? Manchester? LA? Norwich? Name the city that has produced the best musicA question reaches us via Twitter from Kate Melsom:@guardianmusic You are on a desert island & only take 1 City's music which city would you pick? #Bestmusiccity— Kate ... more info

CNN Showbiz — Iggy Pop has announced a new album of mostly French covers set for May 9. more info