JamBase — Today is Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour’s 71st birthday, watch him performing songs written by late founding Floyd member Syd Barrett. more info

JamBase — Vocalist Michael Stipe of R.E.M. celebrates his birthday today. Listen and watch as he leads the band through a Syd Barrett classic. more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — KellFrom: Leeds, EnglandI Know A Girl from Leeds quartet Kell shines like a supernova in a deeply dark universe. It sounds like a female Syd Barrett covering an unreleased out-take from The Beatles Sgt Pepper album sessions and you have to admit ther... more info

BBC News - UK — An artwork commemorating the life and work of Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett has been unveiled. more info

NME — Featuring Velvet Underground, Syd Barrett and more more info

Gigwise — London may not have a scene in the traditional sense of the word. But it does have a lot of great bands making music here despite sky rocketing ents through gentrification threatening the very fabric of its existence as a world-leading creative hub... more info

Obscure Sound — Off Bristol-based expirimental pop group Snails’ debut LP, Safe in Silence, “Jennifer Jones is an excellent lead single with punchy Kinks-esque vocal cues, fleeting guitar lines, a bouncy psych-pop organ, and string flourishes. There’s a bit of... more info

Popdose — Established in 1999, The Anderson Council is the brainchild of singer and songwriter Peter Horvath, whose love affair with late 60’s pop informs and inspires both the band’s sound and direction. The quartet of Horvath, guitarist Dave Whitehead, ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Including never-before-heard Syd Barrett tracks, new mixes of Atom Heart Mother and Echoes, and loads more. more info

JamBase — Today marks 10 years since the death of founding Pink Floyd member, the late great Syd Barrett, watch rare footage of him playing live with the band in 1967. more info