Guardian Music — When the White Stripes split, Jack White was in three bands. Now he's gone solo, but plans to tour his new album Blunderbuss with two backing groups. Even his divorce involved a 'humdinger' joint party. Why doesn't he ever take the simple option... more info

Guardian Music — Electric Circus, EdinburghWhen UK indie bands decamp to Texas, they usually return with secondhand Nudie suits and thirdhand songs about communing with the ghost of Gram Parsons. Mystery Jets recorded their upcoming fourth album in a tumbledown Au... more info

DrownedInSound — Chris Hitchens, I gather, spoke in perfect sentences. Well then, Warren Ellis (of Nick Cave & the Badseeds and Dirty Three) talks in paragraphs. With three-second indents. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — These mavens of motorik like to draw on rock history – and they certainly look the part, like members of a 1972 krautrock bandHometown: London.The lineup: Tom Dougall (vocals, guitar), Dominic O'Dair (guitars), Maxim Barron (bass, vocals), Alejandr... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Nick Cave recently announced that Grinderman – the band he formed with three of his old Bad Seed colleagues – were knocking it on the head for at least a decade. "It's over …" he told the crowd at the end of a festival appearance in Austra... more info

Guardian Music — Warner BrothersAfter a decade on the block, prog rockers the Mars Volta haven't abandoned widdly-widdly guitar solos, Roger Dean-type sleeves or preposterous titles (Molochwalker, anybody?). However, they have suddenly produced a most accessible albu... more info

Guardian Music — Your painful song choices include domestic violence and unrequited love. Turns out sorry isn't the hardest word after allOuch. Last week's request for songs about regret drew out some raw, painful moments and memories."I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry... more info

Guardian Music — New double LP, The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, features Ke$ha, Chris Martin, Nick Cave and more – and each individual album will be uniqueThe Flaming Lips are going big for Record Store Day, releasing an album of team-ups that includes appearanc... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Flaming Lips will release a new double album for Record Store Day in April, only on vinyl. The Oklahoma experimental group collaborates with Coldplay's Chris Martin, Yoko Ono, Nick Cave and others on "The Flaming Lips and Heavy Fwends." more info

Stereogum — For The Journey Is Long, a forthcoming benefit tribute compilation dedicated to the late Gun Club frontman Jeffrey Lee Pierce, two of Pierce’s better-known contemporaries have gotten together to cover one of the Gun Club’s songs. Nick Cave and De... more info