Guardian Music — The Sex on Fire rockers ended a gig after pigeons defecated on their bassist - other acts have been attacked by sausages, swans and even CS gasDebate has long raged over what would be the concert most music lovers wish they had seen. Happily, we now ... more info

Guardian Music — That Amazing Camping Trip, ApplebyIt's heartwarming to have seen this annual summer camping trip grow in popularity due solely to word-of-mouth recommendation, much like the sporadic and nomadic Mancunian club night That Amazing Thing! which spawned ... more info

Guardian Music — A band whose history defies convention and whose music defies easy categorisationPerhaps certain music from, say, deep inside Africa, sounds lost inside the vast lostness of a multitude of countries that lose themselves inside their own histories and... more info

Guardian Music — How Skip McDonald played on Grandmaster Flash's groundbreaking The Message before revolutionising his first musical love. By Dave SimpsonSkip McDonald was playing a gig in Portugal, billed as just him and guitar. A fair portion of the audience had se... more info

Guardian Music — Everyone knows the rock and pop canon – the Beatles and the Stones, James Brown, Marvin Gaye and so on. But what about the artists who changed the face of pop, but never pop on those lists of all-time greats?Here Film&Music writers pick 10 pop her... more info

Totally Fuzzy — DOUBLE AVENUE said... Z'EV - Heads & Tales (1996) All compositions by Z'EV (Stefan Joel Weisser). Recorded by Wharton Tiers & Z'EV. Mixed by Glenn Branca, Wharton Tiers & Z'EV. Produced at Fun City 16/19 Aug. & 23/25 Aug. 1993. >>> Link320k HEADS com... more info

ContactMusic — A former friend of Jimi Hendrix is suing the late rocker's estate.Lonnie Youngblood, a saxophonist who has toured with artists including James Brown, has filed a... more info

Guardian Music — (Atlantic)Janelle Monáe is not like other pop stars. The ArchAndroid, her debut album, is an 18-track, 70-minute conceptual opus, split into two suites, each one separated by ludicrously extravagant Overtures. To say it's ambitious feels like damnin... more info

Starpulse — Just in case you haven't heard the recent news (or are living under a rock) - everyone's favorite train wreck, Lindsay Lohan, is going to jail. Yesterday in a hearing in Los Angeles, Judge Marsha R... more info

Stereogum — Judging from their MySpace page, Small Black-associated Brooklyn trio Psychobuildings are into James Brown, ESG, Suicide, and Fleetwood Mac. You’ll get some of that listening to “Terror Management.” Maybe some Was (Not Was), too. Speaking of fu... more info