Guardian Music — Continuing our new series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same – Michael Hann hails a proto-punk classicIt starts with the name: the Modern Lovers. I can't think of a more per... more info

Guardian Music — Continuing our new series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums ever – with a view that you might do the same – Paul MacInnes explains why James Murphy's masterpiece makes him go 'absolutely bananas'LCD Soundsystem's ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I mentioned both R.E.M. and Iggy Pop in the posting about Lloyd Cole and The Commotions yesterday.  So here's something lifted from a b-side:-mp3 : R.E.M. - The PassengerIt's a live rendition from a set performed for a special edition of Later With ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Everyone I knew in the mid 80s.....and I mean everyone......adored Rattlesnakes, the debut LP from Lloyd Cole & The Commotions.  It's a record packed with great tunes that you can latch on to immediately while lyrically its as fine an album as any.... more info

Guardian Music — This week's news in the artsIn 1970, rock critic Lester Bangs wrote a review of the Stooges' album Fun House in which he spent the first 6,000 words musing on the divide between artist and fan. The only real way of judging an artist's worth, he decid... more info

NME — Alanis Morissette, Ben Folds, Moby also contribute to new release more info

NME — She cites Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and Iggy Pop as influences for her eclectic second effort more info

ContactMusic — Alice Cooper was too afraid to argue with Brian Wilson. The 63-year-old rocker and his pal Iggy Pop were left bemused when they visited the former Beach Boys star at home and he played for them what he claimed was the greatest song of all time - 'Sho... more info

Guardian Music — 'There was a time when I didn't like myself. I thought I was a cruel joke'Cee Lo Green, 36, was born Thomas Calloway in Atlanta, Georgia. After he was kicked out of school, his mother sent him to military academy. Later, he changed his name and becam... more info

Totally Fuzzy — “David Bowie is cool” is the closing line of this documentary from 2002, appropriately called Sound and Vision. He does have an impressive, diverse catalog with at least 26 albums, and they’re all great in their own way. This film gives an e... more info