Guardian Music — It has been a bumper year for memoirs, from Shaun Ryder to Nile RodgersWhen looking back on a year of music books that themselves tend to look back, it makes sense to start with Simon Reynolds's Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past (Fa... more info

Guardian Music — As the indie rock veterans go on (possibly indefinite) hiatus, tell us what Sonic Youth mean to youSpeaking to Rolling Stone magazine this week, Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo revealed the band are "ending for a while". This followed recent news that co-f... more info

Altsounds — *Little Roy* has announced details of the release of a new single. *Lithium *will be released through Ark Recordings on *Monday December 5th 2011. *The single is lifted from his recent album with Prince Fatty and Mutant Hi-Fi, *Battle For Seattle, *a... more info

Topix — The Music 5 & 1 11.28.11: The S**t Radiohead Edition Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 11.28.2011 Beyonce takes on Roselyn Sanchez in Vs, Jennifer Lopez hooks up with Marc Anthony while her boyfriend has a lead foot, Courtney Love pimps Nirvana's music agai... more info

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411 Mania — Beyonce takes on Roselyn Sanchez in Vs, Jennifer Lopez hooks up with Marc Anthony while her boyfriend has a lead foot, Courtney Love pimps Nirvana's music again, Pulp's frontman talks about Amy Winehouse's death, Colplay calls themselves a bad Radioh... more info

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Guardian Music — The electro overlord and former Trash supremo empties the contents of his psychic record bagThe track I'll be opening my next DJ set with Crackboy: Something For Brilliant, off-kilter and downright weird. We need more club music like this, please.The... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Courtney Love has stunned Nirvana fans by offering Simon Cowell her late husband Kurt Cobain's songs for use on British talent show The X Factor. more info

ContactMusic — Courtney Love has stunned Nirvana fans by offering Simon Cowell her late husband Kurt Cobains songs for use on British talent show The X Factor In a tweet to the music mogul who fronts the hit show Love appears to be a fan of contestant Janet Devlin ... more info