Stereogum — Gigi's Maintenant is principally the project of producer Colin Stewart and No Kids/P:ANO man Nick Krgovich, a collection of songs organized around a simple concept: let's make pop like they did back in the Phil Spector days, using these sweet vintage... more info

MTV.com News — Sources say complexity of homicide case is causing delay.By Gil Kaufman Michael Jackson Photo: Phil Klein/Reuters It's been nearly six months since Michael Jackson's death, and police investigating the case say it could be several more mon... more info

Guardian Music — Research into song lyrics about sexual violence reveals that they both support and empower womenBack in 1962, the Crystals released a song called He Hit Me (And it Felt like a Kiss). "If he didn't care for me," warbled one of the most popular America... more info

Guardian Music — 100 Club, London"Can you see the girls?" asks Stuart Murdoch, gesturing to the three doe-eyed beauties fluttering on stage. He is worried that we're not getting our money's worth. "Is that sexist? What's wrong with being sexy?"If there's one thing Mu... more info

Guardian Music — Listening to this dance music producer is like tuning into a pirate radio station and hearing the perfect comedown playlistHometown: Croydon.The lineup: Peter O'Grady (music, production).The background: Peter O'Grady is a dance music producer from so... more info

From Mel Gibson's mad Mona Lisa smile to the bare-headed Phil Spector and the Beethovenian mop of Nick Nolte, the decade was a stellar one for celebrity mugshots that went viral. more info

Live Daily — Yorkshire's band of punk brothers The Cribs [ tickets ] unveiled their new collection of songs and their newest member--Johnny Marr, formerly of The Smiths--on Monday (11/9) at the first of two US stops. Long on energy yet short on the melodic nuance... more info

Live Daily — On paper, the mere thought of 68-year-old Bob Dylan [ tickets ] croaking his way through a set of Yule-tide standards could have inspired the brains behind the "Golden Throats," those collections of hilariously bad recordings, to start compiling a ho... more info

Abeano — As previously documented on this blog, Grizzly Bear’s ‘Veckatimest’ is one of our favourite albums of the year. Tomorrow, the band are being joined by the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican , which sounds like it will be fantastic... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — I've not been feeling well this week - not one bit. Everyone around me has been getting sick (just that time of the year?) and my immune system has been working in overdrive - so here's to hoping I avoid that pesky swine sickness ravaging the popula... more info