Guardian Music — 'I don't care if a Velvet's joined the Tea Party'I'm not sure whether the news team that was sent to cover the Tea Party rally in Tifton, Georgia, realised they were talking to the drummer of perhaps the greatest US rock'n'roll band of all time. In f... more info

Stereogum — Yoko Ono brought the Plastic Ono Band to L.A.’s Orpheum Theatre this weekend, playing two nights with guests Sonic Youth, Iggy Pop, RZA, Perry Ferrell, tUnE-yArDs, and Lady Gaga. Gaga did “The Sun Is Down” with Ono, played piano for another son... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Dr Steve said... By no means a literal timeline of a genre, just my interpretation. Songs with the right feel and attitude from the 60's until now, admittedly, mostly centred on the golden age. Plenty of swagger from the U.S, the U.K and a slight det... more info

Detroit Free Press — Detroit rocker Alice Cooper could follow Iggy Pop and the Stooges to become the 18th Motor City-made act inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. more info

NME — Acts will appear at the touring festival in Australia and New Zealand more info

Dlisted — Australia's Next Top Model SPOILER ALERT, so move your eyes elsewhere if you don't want to know shit. All the tricks and foolery Ty Ty Banks has pulled out of her lacefront cannot compare with the amazing (and possibly staged) disaster that... more info

Dlisted — It is against my belief system to speak foul about international treasure Charo, so don't try to trick me into addressing the invisible hand pinching her nose or the family of slugs that have taken shelter inside of her lips. I don't believ... more info

Guardian Music — These days, Sweet are the punchline to an ad for an insurance company. But, as David Cavanagh reports, the joke masks a tale of violence, illness and feuds – not to mention a "gay Hitler" on Top of the PopsEarlier this summer, while England were li... more info

Altsounds — By the second half of 1971 David Bowie was justifiably being branded a one-hit-wonder, Lou Reed was considered washed-up following a disastrous solo debut, and Iggy Pop was seen as merely a drug crazed ex-Stooge - the band having split the year be... more info

Metalsucks — Many metal fans might be thinking, “Why is there a blog about organized sports on a metal site?” The answer: I have no fucking idea. I’m not sure you can make many similarities between metal and the NFL, other than they both usually have dud... more info