Detroit Free Press — For rock 'n' roll lovers in metro Detroit, there's a new option to on the radio dial. Clear Channel Radio annnounced today that WDTW-FM (106.7) has been rebranded from The Beat to The D and will broadcast a modern spin on the classic rock... more info

Guardian Music — The Grammy winner faces a struggle to balance her schedule as a musician with her responsibilities as Peru's culture ministerIt is unusual for an artist to enter Peru's rough-and-tumble world of politics. It is even rarer for a black Peruvian to ente... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Noel Gallagher will be picking his favourite videos for GOTV in Austria on Sunday, the show starts at 11am (local time).The show will be repeated on the 14/10 at 21:00 and 15/10 at 16:00.Noel pickedArctic Monkey - Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved You... more info

Guardian Music — (Bella Union)This Bristol-based quartet claim to play "free-range rock music", but it's more informative to take their description of their visual sense and apply it to their music: "Fifth world". Zun Zun Egui sound like a great many things, but most... more info

Guardian Music — Other artists in contention for induction next April include Beastie Boys, Eric B & Rakim and, er, DonovanGuns N' Roses, the Cure and Eric B & Rakim are among those nominated to be inducted next year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The long list... more info

Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Paul Lester takes a tour through love's darker chambers with ChicChic's third album came out in 1979, the same year as Michael Jackson's Off the Wall and Earth Wind & Fire's I Am, those other symp... more info

Guardian Music — Transcender, London"Ecstatic, hypnotic and just plain psychedelic" is the motto for the Transcender festival, the pervasive feeling of the event being that music from anywhere in the world can blow someone's mind. Now in its third year, Transcender b... more info

Guardian Music — This highly touted four-piece have pretensions to Talking Heads' funk-rock mantle – but fail to burn down the houseHometown: London.The lineup: Miles Haughton (vocals, guitar), Marcus Haughton (vocals, guitar), Louis Bhose (bass) and Oscar Manthorp... more info

ContactMusic — Cult rockers Tom Tom Club are planning to celebrate their 30th anniversary with new music - 11 years after the release of their last album. The group, fronted by Talking Heads stars Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, last hit the charts with The Good, t... more info

Popdose — The Talking Heads emerged weird, polished that weirdness, and let the world catch up more info