Guardian Music — They pretend to be gay, get tunes from noise and are suddenly hot enough to record at Jimi Hendrix's studios. What planet did the Big Pink come from, asks Alexis PetridisYes, nods the Big Pink's Robbie Furze, it is not usual in indie circles to drum ... more info

MTV.com News — 'There's just some genius and brilliance in there,' former Sony Music CEO says of recordings.By Gil Kaufman Michael Jackson Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images Like Jimi Hendrix, Elvis and Tupac before him, Michael Jackson left a mu... more info

Live Daily — Aptly titled "Two Legends, One Live Experience," the 14-city tour that reunited friends Eric Clapton [ tickets ] and Steve Winwood [ tickets ] called it a wrap last night (6/30) at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. In addition to the anticipated ... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Dagger Records, the official ‘bootleg’ label, has announced the July 28, 2009 release of Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live At Woburn. Live At Woburn gives the Hendrix connoisseur a searing chronicle of the band’s original... more info

NME - Radar — In the day time on Saturday in the white marble catacombs of the Sonar By Day complex they had a big exhibition about the future of synthesizers. I'm not much of a synth geek, so i found it a real eye opener... I discovered, as this photo shows, tha... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Deaf, Dumb, Blind said...Killing Joke - Killing Joke [Bonus Tracks] (1980)Killing Joke - Night Time (1985)Killing Joke - Outside the Gate (1988)Killing Joke - Pandemonium [Bonus Tracks] (1994)Killing Joke - Hosannas From the Basements of Hell (2006)h... more info

Guardian Music — Previously dismissed as toys, drum machines soon had sticksmen running scared after the arrival of these two credible, powerful instruments in the early 80sWhat are they? The first drum machines to feature digital sampling. Before the release of Linn... more info

Guardian Music — The prolific pop maverick is inviting musicians to join him in covering classic LPs in just one day, to be made freely available through his websiteBeck has announced a series of free "cover albums", each recorded in just 24 hours with musician frien... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Redtelephone66 said...The Status Cymbal "In The Morning" (1967 Lp)The Yankee Dollar "S/T" (1968 Lp)The Match "A New Light" (1969 Lp)http://redtelephone66.blogspot.comwhiteray said...At Echoes In The WindThursday Videos”“Are You Readyâ€... more info

All About Jazz — For Soul on Ten, his fourth and latest album for the Concord Music Group, five-time Grammy nominee Robben Ford is definitely on ten, playing with the kind of skill and experience that had Musician magazine dubbing him one of the 100 Greatest Guitaris... more info