Topix — Some of us are old enough to remember when Midge Ure was a member of The Rich Kids with former Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The New York Times profiles singer-songwriter Graham Parker. Before Elvis Costello, the Sex Pistols or the Clash there was Graham Parker and the Rumour, who anticipated the energy of punk and set the bar for smart, literate lyrics married to... more info

Guardian Music — The 2014 edition of the Rare Record Guide lists 100,000 UK vinyl releases, from mindbendingly obscure 60s psych to ultra-rare Beatles and Sex Pistols acetates. But who collects these gems?Among the many John Lennon vocal performances captured on viny... more info

Time — It’s no small feat for a director to take on his first full-length fictional feature after a career in documentaries and screenwriting. It’s might be even more intimidating when your subject is one of the best directors of all time, Alfred Hitchc... more info

The Independent — The Beatles and Sex Pistols are top of the costs, dominating a newly compiled list of the world's priciest vinyl. more info

Guardian Music — Sam Leith enjoys a romp through Rod Stewart's colourful, rackety, rock'n'roll lifeHe's an strange figure, Rod Stewart: wildly successful but, despite having been in the Faces and the Jeff Beck Group, never quite cool. He doesn't feel central to the w... more info

Guardian Music — These space cadets promise Afro-futurist anthems, but their mundane rave-rock fails to blast you into another dimensionReading on mobile? Click hereHometown: London.The lineup: Mike Title (vocals, ideas) and assorted IROK-ies.The background: IROK sta... more info

Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicThis week's most popular stories1. Gangnam Style: how Seoul's most exclusive neighbourhood went global2. Annie Mac: 'Skream & Benga are like the Sex Pistols!'3. Adele gives birth to baby boyIn th... more info

411 Mania — They're like the Sex Pistols... more info

Guardian Music — The Radio 1 presenter is lifting the lid on a new generation of superstar DJs for a TV doc and gives us her rules of the boothThere's a new international class of jet-setting super-rich party boys. Unlike the bankers, these men have been unfazed by t... more info