All About Jazz — "You've got an actress in career distress, meeting an over-the-hill legend, and at the end of it, there's a dead woman in a castle." Vikram Jayanti producer of the Oscar-winning When We Were Kings, director of the James Ellroy doc Feast of Death i... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One of Phil Spector's sons has praised a documentary that depicts the convicted homicidal music producer as a sociopath and a narcissist. more info

Guardian Music — How two American bands are weathering it to stand out from the crowd. By Michael CraggIt's never been easier to get noticed if you're in a certain kind of band. All you need is a name (preferably something summery, with escapist connotations), a MyS... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Director Vikram Jayanti lets a pre-incarcerated Spector do the talking in a new documentary. The record producer's anecdotes fascinate while his more personal musings haunt.Director Vikram Jayanti lets a pre-incarcerated Spector do the talking in a n... more info

Guardian Music — OMG! Lukasz Gottwald is the architect of pop's biggest txtspeak chart smashes. And he'll huff pepper spray if it gets him a hitYou probably wouldn't go to him with a serious medical problem, but there's nonetheless something surgical about Dr Luke's ... more info

Guardian Music — Do you find a soundtrack can enhance your enjoyment of eating? What's the worst you've had to endure?Like many home-workers, I've got a 'local' I occasionally repair to for lunch. It's useful, now and again, to be able to get away from the keyboard, ... more info

Guardian Music — Dum Dum Girls, On tourIt's much more pleasant to be in an indie band in 2010. In 1986, you had to be heartbroken in a rainy northern town, then play the resulting songs in student unions. For the likes of Best Coast, Crocodiles and Dum Dum Girls, the... more info

All About Jazz — For the first time in five years, the two driving forces behind Pink Floyd, Roger Waters and David Gilmour, reunited onstage at a benefit in England over the weekend. The unannounced team-up went down before the 200 attendees of the Hoping Foundat... more info

Guardian Music — (Fortuna Pop)It may have escaped most people, but we are in the throes of an indie-pop revival. From Brooklyn to, er, Wales, bands such as Los Campesinos! and Vivian Girls are reigniting what was once known as the C86 sound. One of that scene's found... more info

All About Jazz — Leon Russell Leon Russell brings decades of experience and legendary performances to the Canyon Club stage. He was part of Phil Spector's legendary team of musicians, wrote numerous hits for others, including Joe Cocker's "Delta Lady," took center st... more info