Guardian Music — Only the BBC thinks it's news that the star was once a heroin addictSometimes the news just doesn't seem like news. This week an interview from the BBC archive revealed that Bob Dylan had once been a heroin addict. I can't remember a time when I ha... more info

Altsounds — Dr Lester Grinspoon, Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School has much to answer for, as it was he who first highlighted the positive medicinal uses of Marijuana. He also lent his expert knowledge during the trial on the d... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Liam Gallagher is hoping to cast Johnny Depp in the Beatles movie he is making.The former Oasis star is producing a film about the Fab Four’s company Apple Corps, based on Richard DiLello’s book The Longest Cocktail Party.In an interview with Q m... more info

Guardian Music — Leodoris Run EP (Fispos) Leodoris are from Denmark, a nation that has made a staggeringly minuscule contribution to music over all, which makes this enigmatic house offering – reminiscent of our own Burial – all the more unexpected. Drifting over... more info

Altsounds — At SXSW this year, Andrew Belle was invited aboard the Lennon Bus to perform the track that won the John Lennon Songwriting Award for excellence in their pop category. On the Lennon Bus, Andrew recorded an intimate, live version of "The Ladder," whic... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonAny excuse for a reunion. The Monkees have already reconvened for their 20th, 30th and 35th anniversaries, so it would have seemed churlish to let the 45th pass without a tour. As before, Mike Nesmith has refused to participa... more info

Guardian Music — From the Beach Boys to the Violators, here are your favourite songs about the silly seasonWhat makes music sound summery? A wide-open, expansive production with lots of space and jazzy chords, perhaps. Squelchy noises; an easy mid-tempo; congas; and ... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Kirk Cameron, Stephen Hawking, John Lennon Super Christian Kirk Cameron says Stephen Hawking is WRONG about the non-existence of Heaven -- insisting Hawking is just as ignorant as ... (wait for it) ... John Lenn... more info

Guardian Music — When a band member made a solo album, it used to signal the death of the group. But is it actually a mark of rude health?Time was, if a band's vocalist put out a solo album it meant only one thing: irreconcilable differences, singer and guitarist che... more info

Gigwise — They're snapped up in LA... more info