Spinner.com — Filed under: News Today, Oh Boy! Deirdre O'Callaghan The National has just announced the followup to 2010's critically acclaimed High Violet will be released this May via 4AD. The band (which, in case you were unaware, is the contemporary New Yo... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Jack White is Record Store Day ambassador for 2013. Jack White: Years ago someone told me that 1,200 high school kids were given a survey. A question was posed to them: Have you ever been to a stand-alone record shop? The number of kids that ans... more info

ContactMusic — Rod Stewart and Iggy Pop have been named Dull Men of the Year.The rockers have made the Dull Men's Club 2013 list for cooing about their love of... more info

ContactMusic — Iggy Pop wants to have David Bowie's level of privacy in his own life.The rock icons haven't spoken in a decade, which Iggy puts down to the 'Where... more info

ContactMusic — Iggy Pop and David Bowie's friendship in 1970s West Berlin, Germany is to be explored in a new biopic adapted from two acclaimed biographies of the... more info

Consequence of Sound — "[These songs} are the anti-christ of anthems.” more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — BMG has acquired the worldwide rights to several music catalogues, a deal that will give it songs from artists including Kurt Cobain, Tears for Fears, The Human League, Iggy Pop, and Take That. more info

Guardian Music — (Kemosabe/RCA)Since her last album proper, 2010's Animal, lurid chart-pop siren Kesha has been behaving oddly – befriending Iggy Pop and Alice Cooper; giving blood to the Flaming Lips. A little grit has rubbed off. Dirty Love is a roustabout rock t... more info

Guardian Music — Son of Rogue's Gallery, a compilation of songs from the seafaring tradition, will feature a grizzled crew including Keith Richards, Michael Stipe, Nick Cave and Shane MacGowanIggy Pop, Patti Smith, Tom Waits and the Pogues' Shane MacGowan are among t... more info

411 Mania — Iggy Pop, Keith Richards, and Tom Waits will all be featured... more info