Guardian Music — Director dedicates film to Lucy Gordon, Oxford-born actor who 'sparkles' as Serge Gainsbourg's muse Jane BirkinOf all the women in the lascivious life of Serge Gainsbourg, there was never any doubt as to who was his leading lady. Jane Birkin, who san... more info

The Playlist — Joann Sfar's biopic, "Gainsbourg: Vie Heroic" (or "Serge Gainsbourg: A Life Heroic" hits theaters in France next week (January 20) which means a pay dirt of new content has surfaced including new photos, a trailer that finally has English subtitles (... more info

Guardian Music — Since debuting aged 13 with her father, Serge Gainsbourg, on a pop single called 'Lemon Incest', the French-British actress and singer has courted controversy. Last year she starred as a demonic mother in Lars von Trier's controversial film Antichris... more info

Guardian Music — Beak>, On tourIt takes Portishead 10 long and fairly painful years to make an album. Strangely, though, for Beak>, the project of Geoff Barrow, Portishead's disarmingly un-starry producer, the whole process seems a good deal less fraught. In fact, fo... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about the pleasures of the flesh. Now we want you to suggest songs that announce themselves in styleThat was more like it. As I attempt to explain in this week's column, I didn't quite appreciate how juicy "meat" would prove as a to... more info

Stereogum — This NSFW French-language trailer (via TwentyFourBit) for Joann Sfar'sSerge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life makes us want to see the film. Mainly because Eric Elmosnino seems to inhabit Gainsbourg the way Sam Riley made like Ian Curtis in Control. Also: Nu... more info

Guardian Music — Jazz pianist Stefano Bollani tells Will Hodgkinson why he'd hate to be a Rolling StoneWhile not wishing to suggest that he is sexually attracted to them, the Italian pianist Stefano Bollani is comparing a good session with his Danish rhythm section t... more info

Streetkiss Music — La scène indépendante française est comme une malle remplie de trésors... C'est précisément dans cette malle que j'ai découvert Vanessa Chassaigne et ses chansons d'amour et de plage... L'amour est son fer de lance, sa rai... more info

Streetkiss Music — Gros coup de coeur artistique pour célèbrer ce 30ème Kool Kiss ! Ce sera en compagnie de Karen Lano. Karen Lano est Franco-Allemande, elle a talent fou pour composer des morceaux remplis de magie, qui semblent tout droit sortis d'un cont... more info

NME - The Video Blog — Last month it was reported that Lightspeed Champion possesses special musical powers that allows him to "see" the music he writes. Now, it's good to see the furry-hat wearing folk man putting his synesthetic musical abilities to good use on his ... more info