Guardian Music — Sage, GatesheadThis year marks the 100th anniversary of John Cage's birth, the 20th anniversary of his death, and 11 years since the commencement of the longest concert in history – a performance of Cage's ASLSP (As Slow As Possible), played on the... more info

Panda Toes — So I'm watching Moneyball for the first time. And yo. Why is Brad Pitt lifting weights and jogging and doing pull-ups and working out in general throughout the entire friggin' movie? Are you serious? Dude's out there getting paid to get even more han... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Adam Ritchie has an exhibition at Artisan, London, showing his photos of The Velvet Underground and Pink Floyd. The photographs capture the energy and colour of their legendary earliest appearances in New York and London. Some have been shown at t... more info

Guardian Music — From the blues to the Beatles, from the Who to Nirvana, the biggest acts in pop have been hugely shaped by gay culture. Why has that spirit now disappeared?Nicky Wire laughs. "I'm not sure where we got the slogan from," he says, of the T-shirt the M... more info

ContactMusic — Rapper The Game was forced to scrap a show in Australia on Wednesday 22Feb12 after he was struck down with a mystery illness The former G-Unit star was set to play at the Velvet Underground venue in Cairns as part of his Game Red Tour 2012 trek but h... more info

Guardian Music — Koko, LondonNow that every MacBook is an Abbey Road studio you can destroy with one fumbled Frappuccino, it can seem as though 87% of Americans have become frazzled troubadours knocking out no-fi fuzz-folk albums in the hope of bagging the ultimate U... more info

Guardian Music — 25 years after his death, a new online film reduces Warhol to trashy cypher – but his art was subtle and profoundAndy Warhol died a quarter of a century ago today, on 22 February, 1987. He is in no danger of being forgotten. But what, exactly, is h... more info

Stereogum — As one of the B-sides to their great “The Last Goodbye” single, the Kills have taken on a big one: The beyond-classic Velvet Underground stunner “Pale Blue Eyes.” The wastrel-rock duo give the track a nicely bluesy read, and you can hear the ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Big Beat is releasing John Cale: Conflict & Catalysis: Productions & Arrangements 1966-2006 on February 27. as a producer, you've got to be a catalyst, an ally, a co-conspirator. sometimes you need to introduce conflict.' - john cale in his autobi... more info

Here Comes The Flood — The Velvet Underground have sued the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to stop using the iconic banana for commercial purposes such iPad covers and such. From Pitchfork: The Velvet Underground today sued the Andy Warhol Foundation for th... more info