Sky News — Police in Dorset are investigating an allegation of sexual assault against a child who attends the Starlight Childcare Centre in Winfrith. more info

Here Comes The Flood — Scottish post-rockers Mogwai release their new album Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will ob January 18th in Europe (February 15th in the USA). As per usual most tracks are instrumentals with a dreamy, industrial feel. The track Rano Pano from th... more info

Guardian Music — Devon trio consider approaching Richard Branson about performing on a Virgin Galactic suborbital spaceshipCould Muse bring Starlight to the stars? The Devon trio have had "coherent conversations" about bringing their anthemic rock to suborbital space... more info

Guardian Music — Daniel Becker/Exaudi/James WeeksThere are 37 tracks on this skilful interweaving of Howard Skempton's works for piano and those for unaccompanied voices. But as his admirers know so well, Skempton is the master of the unassuming miniature, and each o... more info

Thrash Hits — The main support act on Lady Gaga’s UK tour might not be the obvious choice to be featured on Thrash Hits but when you think about a New Yorker playing heavy metal to 20,000 unsuspecting pop fans every night for a month, you reassess. This is Lady ... more info

Chorus.fm — *The Starlight Getaway's* (http://www.thestarlightgetaway.bandcamp.com) new EP, My Dreams and Me, produced by Geoff Rockwell, can be downloaded for free on Bandcamp (http://www.thestarlightgetaway.bandcamp.com). Submitted by Tyler Dumont more info

NME - Radar — Lady Starlight dropped by the NME office a couple weeks back for a chat about her BFF Gaga (scan to the bottom for this), and her latest new wave trad heavy metal band crushes. Who exactly is Lady Starlight? Well, we'll let her explain... And so o... more info

Guardian Music — Hitmaking Jamaican record producerSonia Pottinger, who has died aged 79, was one of Jamaica's most noteworthy music producers during the 1960s and 70s. In a competitive realm dominated by men, she excelled through an individualised approach to record... more info

Mjsbigblog — Here’s the press release announcing the singers who will perform the National Anthem and God Bless America during the World Series. Kelly Clarkson is set for Game 3 in Texas on Saturday. The game starts at 6:57 ET on FOX. (I’ll ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Tabayo Yatukishi said... Sonic Youth related stuff: - Thurston Moore - "Starfield Wild" (1993, Table Of Elements) - Diskaholics Anonymous Trio - "Diskaholics Anonymous Trio" (2001, Universal Music AB) - Diskaholics Anonymous Trio - "Weapons Of Ass ... more info