Guardian Music — Picking 12 acts to play A Room for London wasn't the hard part. For starters, how do you get a piano into a boat on a roof?The Roi des Belges began its life last summer in a barn in rural Sussex. A marriage of Plymouth steel and magenta-stained timbe... more info

Guardian Music — Seb Hunter is making a film based on this unloved glam rock folly. But could crowd-sourcing mean curtains for the concept of 'soundtracks for imaginary movies'?Like Dave Gorman, Morgan Spurlock and, um, Anneka Rice, Seb Hunter loves a challenge. For ... more info

Guardian Music — (Full Time Hobby)His solo debut sees Craig Finn abandoning the Hold Steady's trademark Springsteenesque bar blues. There are no "whoah whoahs", and the songs don't blaze out of the speakers as if they were racing each other home. Instead, beautiful s... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Lou Reed at Prospect Park in 2011 (more by David Andrako) When we first announced this year's Tibet House US benefit, which is happening on February 13 at Carnegie Hall, it was surprising that a Philip Glass-curated event in NYC... more info

Here Comes The Flood — The Velvet Underground have sued the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to stop using the iconic banana for commercial purposes such iPad covers and such. From Pitchfork: The Velvet Underground today sued the Andy Warhol Foundation for th... more info

ContactMusic — Velvet Underground founders Lou Reed and John Cale have filed a lawsuit against officials at the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts over the iconic banana image the pop artist created for their debut album The rockers claim foundation bosses ... more info

Guardian Music — New York band launch lawsuit after reading Andy Warhol Foundation had agreed to license design for Apple productsNew York rock group, the Velvet Underground, took legal actionon Wednesday to stop its famous Andy Warhol-designed banana being used on c... more info

411 Mania — Are we interested in a 3D Metallica movie? Should Adele have to "sex up" her image? Will we check out Van Halen on tour? 411's Adam Hill and Jeremy Thomas debate these topics and more in this week's 411 Fact or Fiction: Music! more info

Guardian Music — Chuck Rowell and Hollie Cook's synth-pop noir is inspired by San Diego's seedy side – with a dollop of David LynchHometowns: London and San Diego.The lineup: Chuck Rowell and Hollie Cook.The background: Psychic Dancehall are a recommendation by a f... more info

411 Mania — Was Metallica working with Lou Reed the biggest surprise of the year? Was Amy Winehouse's death the biggest news story? Which album was more annoying, Kanye West and Jay-Z's Watch the Throne or Rihanna's Talk That Talk? The 411 staff takes a look ... more info