Guardian Music — Purcell Room, London"If you wanna play the blues, you gotta pay some dues, cause it ain't coming easy," sings Bettye LaVette during her second Meltdown performance of the evening. You can say that again. The Detroit-raised soul singer, now 64, has ha... more info

Idolator — Did You Hear? :: Taio Cruz’s future is so bright he’s designing his own Rokstarr shades, he reveals in a new interview (the dude won’t even take them off during acoustic sessions). [MTV Buzzworthy] :: Scissor Sisters tell Spinner that they’d ... more info

Guardian Music — The first of five previously unpublished blogposts from legendary music writer Steven Wells, who died last yearOn 24 June 2009, music journalism lost one of its funniest, angriest and most distinctive voices. Steven Wells – or Swells to his fans â€... more info

411 Mania — Trent Reznor is back everybody, and this time there's no Nine Inch Nails name tag, is this an avenue for creative experimentation or just more of the same with a new name and a new face? more info

Guardian Music — Peter Gabriel's bleak new album of cover versions has divided fans and the featured bands. He tells Jude Rogers about Radiohead's reaction – and why he's releasing music each lunar cycleI am running late to meet Peter Gabriel, the sapphire-eyed for... more info

411 Mania — Death claims Ronnie James Dio and Paul Gray. Limp Bizkit cancels all summer dates. Track lists for Korn, Hellyeah, 36 Crazyfists, more. Disturbed, Stone Sour talk new albums. NIN releases new track. Papa Roach readies release. See Metallica, Slayer, ... more info

Pitchfork — When Trent Reznor released the final Nine Inch Nails album The Slip, he made it a free download, announcing to the world, "This one's on me". Reznor has another project going now, How to Destroy Angels, a collaboration with wife Mariqueen Maandig.... more info

Pitchfork — More new music from Trent Reznor. The blog Some Kind of Awesome brings us "Theme for Tetsuo: The Bullet Man". The clanking, buzzing instrumental soundtracks the end credits of Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto's film Tetsuo: The Bullet Man. It's... more info

Metalsucks — Well, clearly, Trent Reznor has been using all the downtime from not touring productively. Not only have How to Destroy Angels, his new project, announced a July 6 release date for their six-song debut EP, but he’s now written, recorded, and releas... more info

MTV.com News — The Brooklyn MC and White Stripes frontman are seen mugging for cameras, joined by Beyoncé and Amy Winehouse.By Jayson Rodriguez Jay-Z (file) Photo: Scott Gries/ Getty images Jay-Z and Jack White's "Ray-Bans" collaboration appears to be co... more info