Guardian Music — The myths, the bizarre backstage requests, the sci-fi hair . . . the rock obsessive just can't get enoughIn 1970, those great cult favourites The Velvet Underground released what was effectively their final album, Loaded. Long maligned as too polish... more info

Guardian Music — • Rapper is first woman to win award for seven years• Sales surge predicted for debut album Speech TherapySpeech Debelle won this year's Barclays Mercury music prize last night, making her the first woman in seven years to scoop the covet... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — In Stores NowDisc 1Foo Fighters - Best Of YouOasis - SupersonicThe Killers - Mr BrightsideMGMT - Time To PretendStone Roses - WaterfallGlassvegas - GeraldineScript - BreakevenThe Enemy - We Live & Die In These TownsHard Fi - Living For The WeekendGos... more info

Guardian Music — Glanusk Park, Brecon BeaconsUnder this weekend's sunshine – the previous two years have been very damp – Green Man's country-estate location felt glorious. And this folk-tinged event, in its seventh year, had a splendid shot at the fest... more info

Perez Hilton — Oscar Award-winning screenwriter Roger Avary has plead guilty to vehicular manslaughter. Back in January 2008, the Pulp Fiction screenwriter crashed his car into a telephone pole in Ojai, CA, injuring his wife and killing 34-year-old Andreas Zini. ... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Lacroix/WireImage From Pulp Fiction to Kill Bill to his latest, Inglourious Basterds (opening this weekend), Quentin Tarantino matches scene with song like a sommelier pairs just the right bottle of wine with a nice steak: perfectly. And it’... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The Over/Under: BritpopThe Britpop phenomenon might have ended nearly 15 years ago, but it cast such a shadow over the U.K. music scene that its presence is still felt today.Where would groups such as Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys or the Killers be... more info

Undercover, Australia — Former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, reformed `Gong guys Tumbleweed and the androgynous Patrick Wolf are some of the acts named for the 19th Meredith Music Festival. more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Down the Front!Location: 272A St Vincent St, Glasgow G2 5RLWebsite: http://www.kingtuts.co.uk/Capacity: 300Come to see: An eclectic mix of bands - King Tut's was set in 1990 as a place to showcase new and up-and-coming bands seven nights... more info

The Newsroom — v5935, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Saturday August 8 2009. Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino in Hollywood at his wax figure unveiling in front of Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. After the unveiling he goes on to talk about Paula Abdul's departure fr... more info