Guardian Music — Last week's song choices were written in the stars, but now it's time to dig deep and root out those little lettuce gemsHello pop people, I'm glad you could make it. Well, actually I knew you would be here, because it was written in the stars. Years ... more info

Guardian Music — Is fate taking a hand or is it all just Que Sera Sera? The luck v destiny debate in songWho, exactly, is in control here? Who has their hands on the levers? Is there a being – or a force – unseen that drives us onwards, be it upwards or downwards... more info

Guardian Music — When Peter Hook's new band Freebass broke up it was messy. Jane Graham finds some other equally amusing break upsIt always felt like one crazy dream too far, and last week the utopian vision that brought Mancunian bass kings Peter Hook, Gary "Mani" M... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Like asking Yankees chief Joe Girardi if he would be willing to leave New York, peppering a famous musician with inquiries as to where his band may or may not sign is sure to be met with vagaries.Like asking Yankees chief Joe Girardi if he would be w... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Like asking Yankees chief Joe Girardi if he would be willing to leave New York to manage the Chicago Cubs, peppering a famous musician with inquiries as to where his band may or may not sign is a line of... more info

Guardian Music — English folk singer and activist to collaborate with daughter of legendary country singer this NovemberBilly Bragg's next album will be a collaboration with singer Rosanne Cash, he revealed this week. The English rabble-rouser has already started wri... more info

Guardian Music — Wilco, BelfastLately, there's been Wilco (The Album), and even Wilco (The Song). Fans of Jeff Tweedy's group will be delighted to learn, then, that the capacity for self-reference in this groundbreaking alternative rock band is not exhausted yet; mos... more info

ContactMusic — WILCO frontman JEFF TWEEDY has landed his own day in St. Louis, Missouri.The Illinois native learned of the honour just before he took the stage at Loufest on... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — There would seemingly be little that would catch Mavis Staples by surprise. Yet with Staples now 71 years old, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy found a way to get the soul/gospel veteran to step out of her comfort zone -- literally. Staples'... more info

Stereogum — Neil Young’s upcoming solo album Le Noise is finished according to the singer himself, who announced the new via Facebook. The Daniel Lanois-produced album will be out 9/28 on vinyl and CD, and digitally on iTunes. Then, Young says, it’ll be out ... more info