BBC News - UK — Dave Grohl will reunite with producer Butch Vig for the first time since recording Nirvana's Nevermind to work on Foo Fighters' new album. more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — Dave Grohl will reunite with producer Butch Vig for the first time since recording Nirvana's Nevermind to work on Foo Fighters' new album. more info

DrownedInSound — We all love free music, that much is taken as read. Covers? Well, they tend to be, quite often, below par. But the times they work it almost makes all the badness worthwhile. What our friends and irregular columnists for us at Big Scary Monsters are ... more info

Guardian Music — The Iranian indie band talk about life as outlaws in their homeland, as documented in their new film No One Knows About Persian CatsAt first glance, Take It Easy Hospital look like any other aspiring indie duo. Dressed in impeccable Shoreditch chic Ã... more info

A Deeper Shade of Soul — I don't like Abba. I've never liked them; not when I was a kid, nor when I was in my early 20's and they came in vogue amongst the alternative/indie/hipster set (ironically or not). I was at a party this past Christmas season, and when the guests sta... more info

Spinner.com — Rocky Votolato is a singer-songwriter raised in Dallas and Seattle, both homes to groundbreaking music scenes. Votolato talked with Spinner about his music and returning to SXSW for the third time. How would you describe your sound in your own words... more info

Guardian Music — Gaga's product placement has reached a new order, but how might pop have looked if such blatent commercial opportunism had always been the norm?It's fair to say Lady Gaga's new video has caused a stir. Since it surfaced on Thursday night, the world's... more info

ContactMusic — Courtney Love said she will be reconciled with her daughter by August.The Hole singer fell out with 17-year-old Frances - her child with legendary Nirvana rocker... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Lost In The Mists of PeelLike many I spent my teenage years with my finger poised over the pause button - record and play depressed - waiting for the next essential track on John Peel.I was obsessed with the programme, and having lost my father as I ... more info

Live Daily — Musical comic "Weird Al" Yankovic [ tickets ] will spend part of the summer touring the nation behind his latest effort, last year's "Internet Leaks." The award-winning performer will kick off the run with a June 16 show in Rehoboth Beach, DE, fol... more info