Guardian Music — The world of comics and pop have always colluded with mixed results, as two new publications proveWhenever one tries to make the case that comics and rock music are the sexy twins of popular culture, one immediately runs into the problem that neither... more info

Altsounds — *Babelgum *announced today that Ceri Levy's *Bananaz,* about virtual cartoon band *Gorillaz*, has been selected to screen on the new, Flash-driven Babelgum website as the first ever global, on-line premiere on* April 20th* prior to the film's subsequ... more info

The Mix Tape Podcast — And so returns our sunday round-up of the past week's best music news and audio ramblings...Gorillaz set to debut documentary Bananaz in New York’s Apple Store SoHo…Despite outlasting HMV and other retailers, all Virgin Megastores to clo... more info

The Culture Of Me — Only at the Soho Apple Store here in New York City could there be a G-rated (the film was cut and edited specifically for these kinds of things) screening of what we can only speculate to be a really really rad documentary.  Directed by Ceri ... more info

Guardian Music — Biennial event highlights electro pioneers, Lou Reed and new Wainwright operaThey're both as Manchester as you can get and both immensely respected for their artistic excellence, so there was a sense of appropriateness when yesterday it was announced... more info

Guardian Music — For his new CD, Norman Cook concocted a fictional supergroup with Iggy Pop, David Byrne and Martha Wainwright. He tells Alexis Petridis about his free-form - and free-flowing - approachIn Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain's epic history of American punk... more info

JamBase — AMADOU & MARIAM TO HEADLINE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR IN JUNE BEFORE SUPPORTING COLDPLAY IN JULY Because Music/Nonesuch Records Will Release Welcome to Mali March 24 Amadou & Mariam Since meeting at the Institute for Young Blind People in Bamako, Mali, ... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Pete Doherty; He’s the tabloids rambling, shambling incoherent junkie scumbag of choice, the one you warn your kids about, the most infamous man in pop. Far more famous for what he sticks in his arm and for dating a model two years ago than an... more info

AngryApe — 3 songs taken from the animated band's new album more info

Pitchfork — Photo by kk+Since he was released from prison last May, Pete Doherty's kept a relatively low profile. No huge drug busts, no public fights with Kate Moss, only a few missed gigs. But the one-time Libertine and Babyshamble clawed his way back to headl... more info