Guardian Music — Grizzly Bear, Patti Smith, and Laura Marling have been confirmed to headline the intimate Serpentine Sessions in (28, 29 Jun; 1 Jul, Hyde Park, W2, livenation.co.uk) …Marling has also been added to the bill of this year's Green Man Festival (20... more info

Guardian Music — It might be more than 30 years old, but krautrock, Germany's experimental music from the 1970s, still has a freshness that sixth-generation British indie bands can't matchIt began out of nothing, was given a joke name, and became the pop influence du... more info

Guardian Music — Punk's most celebrated wild child is to retire his signature move. It's the end of rock'n'roll as we know it ...In the last few years, Iggy Pop has wriggled out some of the strangest career moves since Julian Cope decided in 1984 that everyone would ... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Julian Cope called them "the Banana Splits of noise"; Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple), Hajime Koizumi and Asahito Nanjo (High Rise) kick out the jams on Chicago public access TV show Chic-A-Gogo in the late 1990's during a US Tour... more info

The Quietus — Julian Cope added to tip top weekend more info

The Vinyl Villain — Julian Cope managed to rack up 16 Top 75 hits in the UK singles charts between 1983 and 1986.OK, only World Shut Your Mouth in 1986 made the Top 20, but the fact remains that just about every single he released in his solo career had some sort of im... more info

Guardian Music — With their squalling and spacey sound, these Japanese noise merchants are Can meets Kraftwerk, Faust meets FugaziHometown: London.The lineup: Taigen (vocals, bass), Kohhei (guitar), Yuki (guitar), Mon-chan (drums).The background: They look amazing. F... more info

The Vinyl Villain — And no, I'm still not wittering on about PJ Harvey.I'm referring to the near four minutes of music that formed the A-side of the 1982 single pictured above.Julian Cope might be a bit bonkers (as indeed can be evidenced from the track on the b-side of... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I lie.It's far from sunny. And its not an afternoon.But its a good title for a posting whose words are a straight lift from one of the earliest things ever shoved up here on TVV back in November 2006, albeit this time I've also thrown in the b-sides... more info

Totally Fuzzy — dj d said...INXS - DisappearRed Zone MixAlbum VersionDavid Morales 12" MixConfidential Progressive MixPete Lorimer Extended Mix #1Pete Lorimer Extended Mix #2 +Whitney Houston - WhatchulookinatAcapellaJuice MixAlbum VersionP. Diddy Radio EditPeter Ra... more info