Guardian Music — This week there was only one question: were we born to love the new Lady Gaga album, or was it a big old pile of scheiße?Five things we learned this week about Lady Gaga's Born This WayIt's bloody good, actually Or is it? Critical opinion remains a ... more info

Guardian Music — (Stolen)Peter Hefferan and his would-be dandy highwaymen have made it to a second album without making an enormous impact, but there's surely a place for pop music made with such love and craft. Something like a cross between the Kinks and Televisio... more info

Guardian Music — Win golden tickets to Ray Davies' Meltdown more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — "See My Friends," the recent solo album by erstwhile Kinks leader Ray Davies, has gained much attention for its boldfaced collaborators -- Metallica, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Corgan, Jon Bon Jovi, Mumford & Sons, Spoon and Black Francis among them. B... more info

The Telegraph — Kinks frontman added to the line-up of the Hyde Park festival. more info

NME — Former Kinks man to play on June 25 before Bon Jovi more info

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Guardian Music — Once current tour finishes, two decades after the release of their last album, "it'll be time", says guitaristWhen their tour is finished, the Pixies want to make a new album. "We gotta plan to make something new," drummer David Lovering explained in... more info

Guardian Music — Long revered as one of England's finest songwriters, Ray Davies, curator of this year's Meltdown festival, remains shy, insecure and steadfastly old-fashioned. And his biggest regret? The family life he never had…Ray Davies has now been famous for ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Taken from an interview from rollingstone.com with Ray Davies, click here to read the full interview.What new band are you most excited about?Well, I like Beady Eye — Liam Gallagher's new band. He knows how to make records that sound exciting. more info