Guardian Music — Twice a week we invite independent bloggers to tell us about what they do. Today, a lengthy trawl through one man's record collectionWho are you and what's your blog called?3,000 albums in 3,000 days.Where are you based?North-east England.Describe yo... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Ubuweb shares mp3s of early poetry readings and music performances by Patti Smith. Ploughshares profiles the literary community of Washington, D.C. Weekend Edition profiles The Zombies. The Zombies' third studio album, Odessey and Oracle, spawned wha... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Patti Smith at Castle Clinton in 2011 (more by Tamara Porras) As mentioned, Patti Smith will be supporting Neil Young on his late fall tour which hits NYC on November 27 at MSG and December 3 at Barclays Center. As... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonSomewhere out there is a parallel universe in which Diamanda Galás has a perfectly conventional, dazzling career as a mezzo-soprano. And another in which she is a reasonably straightforward blues-rock star: Tina Turner and... more info

Guardian Music — Aerosmith's 15th album – their first in almost a decade – also features guest spots from Johnny Depp and country singer Carrie UnderwoodAerosmith's first album in more than eight years will feature Julian Lennon, Johnny Depp and country singer Ca... more info

Prefix — He'd only just announced it, but Flea has already gone ahead and pulled a Radiohead by making his ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/flea-releases-debut-helen-burns-ep/67328/ more info

Starpulse — Red Hot Chili Peppers star Flea has recruited punk icon Patti Smith for his new fundraising solo EP, which fans will decide how much to pay for. Following Radiohead's ground-breaking sales concep... more info

Guardian Music — Each week we invite someone to share with us some of the songs they've been listening to recently. Today's selection features Stornoway, Radiohead, Laura Marling and the xxThis week's playlist is from Ava Lockyear, who spent two weeks at the Guardian... more info

Guardian Music — This year's Antony Hegarty-curated festival begins on 1 August. Before then, tell us about your favourite Meltdown momentsAs anyone who caught our Antony and the Johnsons music site takeover will know, Antony Hegarty knows a thing or two about artful... more info

USA Today Music — She may go dancing alone, but she'll take somebody home, Pink sings in a defiant breakup anthem, our Pick of the Week. more info