Altsounds — Imagine Mephistopheles as a lounge singer and you're close to understanding the flair and charisma Irish export *Jack Lukeman* oozes from every pore. Although walking a line of his own, the comparisons to sublime talents such as Nick Cave, Jacques Br... more info

Altsounds — TRUE BLOOD® – MUSIC FROM THE HBO® ORIGINAL SERIES – VOLUME 3 OUT SEPTEMBER 6 ON WATERTOWER MUSIC FEATURES NEW MUSIC FROM NEKO CASE and NICK CAVE, JAKOB DYLAN AND GARY LOURIS, THE HEAVY, BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB... more info

NME - The Video Blog — I’m pretty sure I wasn’t the only person that did a WTF double take on hearing the news that Lou Reed was teaming up with Metallica last month. Whether inspired or doomed or a mixture of the two it was definitely unforseen, and it got us thinking... more info

Guardian Music — Alexandra Palace, LondonI'll Be Your Mirror is the new sister festival of All Tomorrow's Parties, neatly taking its moniker from the B-side of the Velvet Underground single after which the parent festival was named. Spread over two days, this inaugur... more info

NME — Sydney Opera House presents ‘The Ship Song’ more info

Guardian Music — ATP: I'll Be Your Mirror, LondonIn the past 10 years, the ATP organisation has written its own job description, pioneering the experimental residential festival, and, with Don't Look Back, attempting to create the credible greatest hits gig. I'll Be ... more info

Guardian Music — Find out what this year's Mercury prize nominees told our writersAdele: 21Halfway through 2011, 21 is by far the world's bestselling album, with sales estimated at 8m – and Adele also leads the way in the singles market, with Rolling in the Deep ha... more info

The Telegraph — Fight to save libraries gains ground - with judicial reviews and help from author Philip Pullman and musicians Nick Cave and Sinead O'Connor. more info

ContactMusic — Stars of the music world including Nick Cave, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys and Goldfrapp are backing a campaign to save a local London library. The musicians have thrown their weight behind the drive to save Kensal Rise Library, which has been threate... more info

We Like it Lossless! — Warp Records / 2005The latest in Warp's recent 'suck-it-and-see' release schedule, Grav3nhurst's (aka Nick Talbot) debut LP 'Fires In Different Buildings' has got its sights set firmly on those attractive Mogwai/My Bloody Valentine/Velvet Underground... more info