Guardian Music — (Emarcy)This 80th birthday album, arranged and conducted for big band by the great French songwriter, movie-composer and jazz pianist Michel Legrand, is a set of Christmas evergreens for singers including Jamie Cullum, Rufus Wainwright, Madeleine Pe... more info

Stereogum — The legendary French singer/libertine Serge Gainsbourg is a man worth honoring, and a new tribute album called From Lulu To Gainsbourg does just that. Gainsbourg’s son Lulu put together the tribute and sings about half the songs, but he also brough... more info

411 Mania — Who composed and sang all those songs for ABC's TGIF lineup? What ever happened to the Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Lou Reed friendship? What's the current top American holiday album? All this and more in this week's edition of Ask 411 Music! more info

Guardian Music — Great British Food Revival | The Impressions Show | Frozen Planet | Hot Like Us | Imagine: And Then There Was Television | The Pretenders & FriendsGreat British Food Revival8pm, BBC2The championing of good old British cuisine continues with a geogr... more info

NME — The shock rocker also compares Lou Reed and Metallica to Iggy Pop and Abba more info

Altsounds — KING MOB is a brand new English beat combo comprising guitar legend Chris Spedding (Roxy Music, Elton John, John Cale, Paul McCartney), Glen Matlock - bass (Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, Faces), Martin Chambers – drums (Pretenders), Stephen W Parso... more info

Altsounds — *KING MOB Album “Force 9” Release date: 31st October 2011* * UK Date – London, 17th November 2011* * KING MOB* is a brand new English beat combo comprising guitar legend *Chris Spedding* (Roxy Music, Elton John, John Cale... more info

Guardian Music — To accompany our Edinburgh city guide, crime writer Ian Rankin has picked 10 tunes that soundtrack his home town, from the Bay City Rollers to the Proclaimers via the Rezillos and Iggy Pop• As featured in our Edinburgh city guideJosef K – It's Ki... more info

Guardian Music — Some never-before-seen photographs from the birth of the new romantic movement perfectly capture the spirit of the timeI don't know who said it but someone wise once warned that, "You should have a healthy respect for the past but never wallow in it.... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Van Hunt had to get over a huge setback in 2007: His label wouldn’t release his album. Popular, the funk/punk’s third album, barely got any exposure until it hit the internet. You can take a listen to the result of Hunt’s return to music, the... more info