Guardian Music — A teen star with the Box Tops, he formed the influential cult band Big StarThe maverick US musician Alex Chilton, who has died aged 59, enjoyed a long and extremely varied career that went from 1960s teenybop stardom through punk-era cult and beyond.... more info

Here Comes The Flood — UK band Gloria Cycles have released a three track EP called Relgious which serves as a teaser for their new album Campsite Discotheque. It's a bit risky to call them Brtipop, their singer is a Scot, who looks like he missed out on being a roaring t... more info

Spinner.com — Spring Tigers may be the hottest new pop-rock band coming out of Athens, GA. Not bad for a band that formed four days before their first gig, a show that occurred merely two years ago. Since then Spring Tigers have accomplished quite a lot in a short... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonThis one-off show, co-curated by Squeeze founder Chris Difford, had a weighty title, as if it were attempting to provide a definitive overview of London's musical history to rival Peter Ackroyd's magisterial biography of the city. But... more info

Guardian Music — The capital's soul is harder to pin down than other cities because its musical climate can change between postcodesIf London had the grid system of Manhattan, or had been rebuilt entirely like the Paris of Haussmann, then maybe it would have a readil... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The hard-driving L.A. band -- led by Kinks kid Daniel Davies -- has a new album out this week, plus a free show at the Troubadour. Daniel Davies needs to drive... more info

Undercover, Australia — The legendary Ray Davies of Kinks fame will play a showcase gig at SXSW in a few weeks. more info

NME — Mick Avory says the group already has 'eight tracks' lined up more info

Guardian Music — Last time focused on blurring the truth. This week we're after songs that are lost in the allureA warm hello to each and every one of you. What a week. I think we can safely say that, looking at the size and quality of responses, popular music does d... more info

Guardian Music — BBC4 documentary Heavy Metal Britannia offers an affectionate look back to a time when the leather-clad likes of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Saxon became Top Of The Pops regulars. But what forces forged the unique alloy that is British metal?"Metal... more info