The Independent — Veteran rock flop John Otway is taking a movie about his underwhelming music career to the Cannes Film Festival - and leading a parade of lookalikes.     more info

The Independent — The Rock and Rock Hall of Fame is replete with the names of music's heroes: Hendrix, Lennon, Presley. The name John Otway is conspicuous by its absence. His heroism is of a different stripe. He is not just a failure; he is a heroic failure. In truth... more info

Guardian Music — For his third New Band this week, Mike Skinner has chosen a devil-consorting bluesman with a near-total lack of internet presenceHometown: New York.The lineup: Mr Case (voice, guitar).The background: We're doing today's New Band blind. Not literally,... more info

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Guardian Music — Paul Morley on Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip, a pair of "novelty" rappers who join the dots between Mos Def and Ivor Biggun, Benny Hill and Benjamin Zephaniah "... nothing is more entertaining than fucking with words and their arrangement" – Sc... more info