Guardian Music — From riding a donkey to the best-dressed chicken in town, here are your favourite creature comfortsAnimals are like people. We look at the creatures around us and recognise ourselves. This being the case, as many RR regulars noted, most songs ostensi... more info

Altsounds — The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl) will be the opening act on May tour dates with the Flaming Lips. Following their debut album, Acoustic Sessions, and an acoustic tour, the band will be playing in May as a 5-pie... more info

Guardian Music — Iggy shows his softer side with covers of Serge Gainsbourg, Fred Neil and the Beatles. No wonder the American Idol team considered him as a potential guest judge ...Iggy Pop is to release an album of soft-rock covers, featuring ballads in English and... more info

Guardian Music — The former Libertines frontman was reportedly 'literary and sincere' on the set of Confession of a Child of the CenturyPete Doherty is a man of many talents, some of them more dubious than others.First there was Doherty the singer, then Doherty the d... more info

Guardian Music — We all love French pop now, but the country's more eccentric, satirical stars such as Philippe Katerine are too often overlookedFrance's music scene has enjoyed a particularly rich harvest so far this year, with critically acclaimed albums from artis... more info

The Telegraph — Serge Gainsbourg's Best of - Comme un Boomerang takes the British listener back to a time when France still felt foreign. Rating: * * * * more info

Guardian Music — Who is she?A 31-year-old French director whose film debut, Love Like Poison, was a critics' favourite at Cannes last year, where it featured in the Directors' Fortnight.Brilliant title, what's that all about?It's borrowed from a Serge Gainsbourg song... more info

Core News — Here is the latest Gilles Peterson Worldwide International show with Serge Gainsbourg, Roots and Joe Jazz mixes. Check out other Gilles Peterson shows here and subscribe to the feed to get good music in the future. You can also follow Core News on Fa... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ralph Dodger said... By now y'all hopefully know the wonderful PJ Harvey has released her new album, Let England Shake. This little gem features performances of three tracks from that album: PJ Harvey - 2011-02-19 - Rob Da Bank Show, BBC http://shoul... more info

Guardian Music — Michel Houllebecq isn't the first author to turn songwriter - but he may be the first to do it wellSurprisingly for a writer whose latest literary works generally seem to cause a media kerfuffle in his native France and beyond, Michel Houellebecq's n... more info