Guardian Music — It worked for Motown, and now the music industry is doing it again – letting No 1 hit-writers sing the songs themselves. Michael Cragg meets pop's new performersWhen Bruno Mars's debut single hit the No 1 spot on both sides of the Atlantic last ... more info

Stereogum — Boy George pal Mark Ronson and his Business Intl. covered “We Used To Wait” on Jo Whiley’s BBC Radio 1 show. If you recall, our surprise CMJ headliners the Drums offered their take on The Suburbs track a couple months ago. Ronson’s version is... more info

NME - The Video Blog — Watch the video (directed by Saam Farahmand) for Mark Ronson's song 'Somebody to Love Me', featuring Boy George. The single is out on November 28th. more info

Stereogum — With a nod to John Cage, Thom Yorke has teamed up with the resurgent Bryan Ferry, Mark Ronson, Bob Hoskins, tennis player Andy Murray, and British Prime Minister David Cameron for a charity single called “2 Minute Silence” that will indeed featur... more info

NME — Remembrance Day single brings together celebrities for silent tribute more info

Gigwise — For Royal British Legion... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — It's an evening gone awry for Miike Snow (a music- stopping glitch) and Mark Ronson (so-so songwriting). It's an evening gone awry for Miike Snow (a music- stopping glitch) and Mark Ronson (so-so songwriting). more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Close to an hour into Miike Snow's headlining set at a sold-out Wiltern on Friday night, something went wrong. It might have been a blown fuse, a busted MIDI apparatus or something even more esoteric. But for about 20 minutes,... more info

ContactMusic — RADIOHEAD rocker THOM YORKE, superproducer MARK RONSON and British Prime Minister DAVID CAMERON have teamed up for an unusual new U.K. charity single - which features two... more info

Stereogum — Just like last week, here are this week’s attention-worthy videos. New ones from Serena-Maneesh, Antony and the Johnsons, Gatekeeper, Gordon Voidwell, James Blake, Kid Cudi, Mark Ronson, Torche, and Warpaint, along with a cute/creepy kid video from... more info