ContactMusic — Iggy Pop said when The Stooges started they were "too wildly arty and creative".The legendary frontman of the US punk group - famed for their primal rock... more info

Pitchfork — Chillwave forefather Ariel Pink and his band Haunted Graffiti are ready to release their first album for 4AD, dubbed Before Today and due out June 8 on CD, LP, and MP3. According to a press release, some of the 12-track album was recorded in Tito Jac... more info

Guardian Music — A preening but provocative frontman; a prodigious work rate; swaggeringly baroque music: a new documentary has reminded me why I can't fall out of love with the DoorsThere's some footage of Jim Morrison that makes me chuckle every time I even think o... more info

Culture Bully — A review of Slash's first "solo" album which features the likes of Ian Astbury (the Cult), Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Grohl, Iggy Pop, Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead) and a surprisingly enjoyable contribution from Fergie. more info

Pitchfork — "Years ago, some girl wrote in the classifieds saying she was looking for a man 'with the poetic sensitivity of Leonard Cohen and the raw power of Iggy Pop,' so Leonard tried to get me to set up a three-way with her [laughs]. He said, 'Dude, we can g... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Phish, Ray Davies • Libertines, Gn’R Booked for Reading/Leeds • Big Ears Festival: Full Report From Tennessee • Watch Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat” Video • Ricky Martin Comes Out of the Closet • Watch Iggy Pop’s Las... more info

Rolling Stone — Iggy Pop’s already legendary closing set at the Tibet House benefit concert on February 26th will go down in the annals of rock history in another way: The recent Hall of Fame inductee has gone on the record saying that the infamous dive off the Ca... more info

Twangville — I finally got around to watching the broadcast from last week’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2010 inductions. The ceremony — honoring inductees ABBA, Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, The Hollies and Iggy Pop & Stooges — was, well, rather tame. Even Iggy P... more info

411 Mania — It’s the Wrestlemania Preview Edition! Ke$ha vs. Britney in Battle of the Babes, Akon in a sumo match with Buddha, the truth about the inspirational Cheryl Cole, Suge Knight does a beatdown, Ludacris tag teams with the US Census, Iggy Pop a... more info

Pop Candy — Good morning, everyone! My computer is a little screwy, so I'm trying to take care of that ASAP. Also, I had a rough time at the dentist yesterday, so it's all about the soft foods. Ugh. more info