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

Guardian Music — Let us know what you make of this album of Grinderman reworkings and remixes, courtesy of the likes of Robert Fripp and Josh HommeNick Cave recently announced that Grinderman – the band he formed with three of his old Bad Seed colleagues – were k... more info

Guardian Music — These 60s psych-rockers play a winning hand with their take on a traditional Texas gambling songBuried among the military bands and trad jazz in my Dad's record collection were one or two gems, notably a number of Lonnie Donegan 78s, perhaps the best... more info

Guardian Music — Leeds Metropolitan UniversityMark Lanegan has had an almost textbook outlaw passage to the black heart of rock'n'roll: heroin and crack addiction, homelessness, rehab and imprisonment and a road accident that almost killed him at the age of 20. Then,... more info