Altsounds — Following the success of last year's Zappa plays Zappa concert as part of the Roundhouse's 70th birthday celebrations for Frank Zappa, Dweezil Zappa and The Zappa Family Trust are delighted to bring the show to the UK in November and December 201... more info

NME — Zappa Jr and band will play 13 shows in the UK this autumn more info

Guardian Music — Loser singer working on comeback album for country musician who sold 25m records in the 80s and 90sBeck is reportedly working on a comeback album by country singer Dwight Yoakam. Yoakam, who sold more than 25m records in the 80s and 90s, is plotting ... more info

DrownedInSound — If you don't like Zappa, you're likely to hate this album. If you pretend to like Zappa, you'll probably pretend to like this album. If you love Zappa, Unknown Mortal Orchestra could be your artist of the year. Read the full story on DrownedinS... more info

Guardian Music — (Promising Music)Joachim Kuhn also appears on this reissue of an unexpectedly freewheeling 1972/3 session from French violin star Jean-Luc Ponty. At that point, Ponty was yet to move to the States, work with Frank Zappa and the Mahavishnu Orchestra a... more info

Guardian Music — In keeping with the current mood for retromania, today's lot drag doo wop out of history's bin and give it a modern indie spinHometown: Philadelphia, Montreal, Portland Oregon.The lineup: Nick Thorburn, Ryan Kattner, Joe Plummer, Michael Cera.The bac... more info

Altsounds — Following the success of last year's Zappa plays Zappa concert as part of the Roundhouse's 70th birthday celebrations for Frank Zappa, Dweezil Zappa and The Zappa Family Trust are delighted to bring the show to the UK ... more info

Guardian Music — 'I worked with Salvador Dalí for four days. He did a sculpture of my brain with a chocolate eclair running down the back'What got you started?I was at that perfect age: I was 15 when the Beatles came out in the US; then the Rolling Stones, the Kinks... more info

ContactMusic — Cult singer/songwriter Larry 'Wild Man' Fischer has died of heart failure in Los Angeles. The 1960s stalwart, who battled schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, was a street busker on Sunset Boulevard when he came to the attention of Frank Zappa..... more info

Guardian Music — Jake Shears and Babydaddy will oversee music for delayed film of Jim Henson's much-loved 80s TV showScissor Sisters have been commissioned to dance their cares away, composing the soundtrack to the forthcoming Fraggle Rock movie. Frontman Jake Shears... more info