Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Lee Ranaldo with Sonic Youth in August (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, whose solo work had previously been highly experimental and noise-driven, is currently working on his first rock-oriented solo album,... more info

Guardian Music — MEN Arena, ManchesterHeartbreak does funny things to people. When the news emerged last summer that Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner and TV presenter Alexa Chung had split up, the indie nation mourned the loss of its articulate and photogenic It-couple. T... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Big Nils is a Massachusetts punk band that, at least for the time being, will be best known because its singer is one Coco Gordon Moore - the teenage daughter of Sonic Youth co-leaders Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon. Read more » more info

Guardian Music — Tramway, GlasgowTwenty-five years ago, fed up with the stylistic warfare between New York's avant-garde factions, composers David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon founded a music collective called Bang on a Can. It started with marathon "play-ins... more info

Guardian Music — As several high-profile music docs hit our screens, tell us which is best and win a copy of 1991: The Year Punk Broke2011 is proving to be a good year for music documentaries. Last month saw the UK release of Living in the Material World, Martin Scor... more info

Altsounds — *Sonic Youth* release *'Hits Are For Squares'* and the DVD debut of *'1991: THE YEAR THAT PUNK BROKE' *today. A collection of songs from Sonic Youth's career curated by a diverse group of artists, actors, directors and musicians whose own progress... more info

Altsounds — Sonic Youth's *_Hits Are For Squares_*, previously available only through limited outlets, will be released on October 31st 2011, through Universal Music Group. A collection of songs from Sonic Youth's career curated by a diverse group of artist... more info

Guardian Music — In this month's far-reaching investigation into the state of music journalism, Maggoty Lamb waves his glowstick in distaste as Spin magazine tries to revive raveWhen the celebrated cheesy quaver F Scott Fitzgerald wrote that there were no second acts... more info

Guardian Music — The Stone Roses and Steps return to the fray, while Westlife and the Streets call it a dayThis week's comings and goingsStone Roses reunion: comeback gigs confirmedWestlife to split after 14 yearsThe Streets announce farewell concertsSteps stomp to N... more info

NME — Guitarist will now play the UK capital's Union Chapel on December 2 and 3 more info