Guardian Music — This week we mourned the end of the White Stripes and the sad passing of film composer John Barry. On the bright side, we got to see Gruff Rhys play a velcro hornFive things we learned from this week's music news•It is sad that the White Stripes ha... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Miles Kane is giving fans a free download available via his Facebook Page, fans who ‘like’ Miles’ profile can get a live version of brand new track ‘Kingcrawler’ from today onwards.He will be supporting Beady Eye on their UK tour that will ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Steve Mason - All Come Down (MP3) Former Beta Band front man Steve Mason is playing six dates in North America this month in support of his new album, Boys Outside Two of those shows are... more info

NME — Former Beta Band man will hit the road in December more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about paying homage to music legends. Now we're embarking on a journey to mythical worlds"Yes this is worse than 'Bicycles', wrote Suzi last weekend and I could see her point of view. Bicycles was, and shall remain, a prince among t... more info

BBC 6 Music — Former Beta Band singer warns not to expect any old material more info

Guardian Music — Of Montreal, On tourWhen the good ship indie seems to be sinking, there's always the lifeboat of dance. So it's currently proving with the likes of Dirty Projectors or Mr Hudson, but among 90s-vintage indie bands it's Of Montreal (actually from Athen... more info

DrownedInSound — You'd be forgiven for forgetting about former Beta Band frontman Steve Msaon. Actually, you won't be forgiven for forgetting him, especially not after the release of Boys Outside, almost certainly his best piece of solo work, to be sure. more info

NME — Former Beta Band man hits the road this October more info

Nialler9 — The second single from Steve Mason’s Richard X-produced album Boys Outside has an undeniable Beta Band rhythm to it and that is no bad thing. Barry has an Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip remix of the track. more info