Brooklyn Vegan — Wow...Public Image Ltd, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Grace Jones, Fever Ray, Devo, Hot Chip, Phoenix, Orbital, Spoon, Sly and the Family Stone, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sunny Day Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, Mew, Camera..... more info

MTV.com News — Everyone else's favorite artist of the moment shares with us just what inspired her. By James Montgomery Lady Gaga Photo: MTV News Over the past few weeks, MTV News has been asking some of the biggest stars in music to name their favorite ... more info

Starpulse — "She gets my juices flowing. The song 'Corporate Cannibal' makes me want to pee myself." Lady Gaga on her idol Grace Jones.[...] Read more! more info

Guardian Music — Kevin Macdonald, film directorPersonally, it's been a fascinating decade. In the late 90s, I was struggling to make TV documentaries but work was drying up. I was a purist, with no interest in working with actors. I hated the idea of dramatic reconst... more info

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Guardian Music — Paloma Faith: The singer on style icons, fancy dress - and her enviable waist-to-hip ratioAll the women in my family are very glamorous, in leopard print and furs – like Elizabeth Taylors without the surgery. They were young in the 60s, so the... more info

Guardian Music — Days before her 21st birthday R&B star Rihanna was viciously beaten by her then boyfriend, the singer Chris Brown. The shocking police photo told the whole story. But now, with a new album, she explains why she's no victimRihanna's head soars above t... more info

Guardian Music — The former Genesis frontman on fan funding, reliable filters, and why he would commission an alternative to The X FactorWhen I blogged about the lack of women in the music industry, one manager claimed that this is because girls are less interested i... more info

Guardian Music — Brixton Academy, London"A live preview of selected tracks from her new album," said the tickets, and if that didn't convey the idea that this was an Event, the live Twitter feed displayed on giant screens either side of the stage did. As we waited fo... more info

Stereogum — A few weeks ago I offered up some words in testament to Warp records, the ambitious, tasteful, and increasingly eclectic label that's also earned itself a "venerable" descriptor having just celebrated 20 years of nurturing the processes of everyone f... more info