ContactMusic — Legendary Beatles manager Brian Epstein's life is to be turned into a biopic, which will unearth secrets about the gay svengali. Broadway producer Vivek Tiwary has been developing the project, titled The Fifth Beatle, for years, but now has the finan... more info

Guardian Music — (V2)There's a good reason garage rock thrives in compilation form: it all sounds more or less the same, so placing different voices and tones alongside each other is an easy way to introduce the variety single bands usually lack. Black Lips, from At... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Klaus Kinski Doug Gillard @ Irving Plaza NYE (more by Chris Gersbeck) I got heavily obsessed with Guided By Voices after the demise of the "classic '93 - '96 line-up" which featured Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, Kevin... more info

Guardian Music — From synth pop to Hollywood remakes to collecting manual typewriters, we're busy plundering the past. But why the fatal attraction?There's no single thing that made me suddenly think, Hey, there's a book to be written about pop culture's chronic addi... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — On Wednesday, June 22nd, Beady Eye will make their US television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman at The Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York City - the same legendary theatre that welcomed The Beatles to America back in 1964!Beady Eye will be ... more info

Guardian Music — Hella Pick reports on hysteria in New York as the Beatles arriveHella Pick joined the Guardian in 1960 as UN correspondent, under the tutelage of Alistair Cooke. The massive impact of Beatlemania on the culture of the 1960s led to many different merc... more info

Guardian Music — Adam Ant's decision to tour Britain's coastal towns marks a welcome revival of a historic pop traditionIn June, Adam Ant will embark on a five-date tour of seaside towns – and revive a long lost tradition in the process. As an astute observer of po... more info

Mjsbigblog — David Archuleta performed a beautiful cover of the Beatles' "Blackbird" at yesterday's Myrtle Beach Sun Festival in Myrtle Beach, SC. Watch it after the jump, also as a BONUS VIDEO, I'm adding David's cover of Tears For Fears' "Everybody Wants to ... more info

Topix — As recounted in David Browne's 'Fire and Rain,' 1970 marked a crucial year because that was the year British pop group The Beatles broke up. more info

Guardian Music — Ready Steady Go!, the pioneering 60s pop show, takes to the stage as part of this year's Meltdown festival. Its producer Vicki Wickham recalls the impact – and fun – of the early yearsLike the Beatles' first LP and sexual intercourse, you might g... more info