Guardian Music — How a Californian kid got generations laughing at pop stars and why he's appearing in EuropeIt's 1976, and a 16-year old kid from southern California named Alfred Yankovic has just come face to face with one of his heroes. Dr Demento is a record coll... more info

Guardian Music — (A&M)Having sold as many copies of her debut album Rockferry as there are people in Paraguay (6.5 million, stat fans), Duffy is back with a second album of modernist takes on a distinctly 60s pop-soul sound that ought to act as both nostalgia and a g... more info

Discobelle.net — LCTRISC – Last Kiss (Official Music Video) from johan stolpe on Vimeo. Latest signing to the Despotz imprint, the Swedish outfit LCTRISC. They list their influences as “Ratatat, Madonna, Chromeo, Black Grape, Beck”. The “Last Kiss” single w... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Susan Boyle has become the first female act to have simultaneous number ones in the UK and US twice in one year, eclipsing the likes of Madonna and Mariah Carey. Only The Beatles and The Monkees... more info

Guardian Music — PICK OF THE WEEK Violens Violent Sensation Descends (Static Recital) I love weird things from the 60s and early 70s, and so I really like this. It sounds like a grunge Mamas & The Papas with a horror film soundtrack Farfisa organ plonked on top. The ... more info

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Perez Hilton — Yuck, yuck yucky!!! We're icked out and we're across the country from it! Last week, Madonna told Ellen DeGeneres on her show that one of her kids had brought home head lice from school. Turns out, things are a lot worse than Madge made them out to b... more info

Guardian Music — The president's book for children, Of Thee I Sing, could undermine him. But compared with other star turns, it's lovelyIn the wake of Tea Party shenanigans and catastrophic midterms, it seems perverse to picture a beleaguered Obama taking off his "le... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The first track on Rihanna’s strobe-thumping new album “Loud” is called “S&M.” Decades after Madonna made a pop-chart fetish of leather, whips and ball gags, this isn’t especially salacious. But it’s quite a spit-take of a title from a ... more info

ContactMusic — Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna and Sandra Bullock are among the female celebrities reported to be keen on body shaping underwear Spanx - but what about the menWith... more info