Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Oasis is dead and buried but Liam Gallagher has a new gig. Just don’t call it fashionBackstage, Paris, pre-Oasis gig, August 28, 2009. Noel and Liam, those Gallagher brothers, have yet another spectacular row. Noel reportedly smashes Liamâ€... more info

All About Jazz — The new CD Pretty by Whitman Rinaldo has great songs and playful lyrics, in the vein the Kinks, U2, Beatles and UB40. The Northern Virginia/ Washington DC guitarist's CD has been released under the CreateSpace record label. The title track, "Prett... more info

Pop Candy — Several people I know who saw Julie & Julia came back with the same review: "Julia rocks. Julie? Not so much." more info

Stereogum — Rock Band seemed a lock to own fake-guitar-gamer discourse with their Beatles installment, but they didn't count on Guitar Hero's classy Cobain maneuvering. Still, the battle for most ridiculous mock-musician timesuck springs eternal: Meet Lego R... more info

Guardian Music — Musical arranger best known for his work with Nick DrakeIn his first year as a music student at Cambridge University, Robert Kirby sought to join Footlights, the undergraduates' fabled arts and drama club. He was turned down, but the events of that d... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — In August 1964, with an epidemic of Beatlemania sweeping the nation, COUNTRY SONG ROUNDUP asked 13 of Nashville's biggest hit-makers what they thought about the Beatles. Since their answers were surprisingly free of rancor and disdain, my guess i... more info

Soul Sides — Johnny Rivera and the Tequila Brass: Johnny on the WarpathBoogaloo Que La TraigoFrom S/T (Cotique, 1967)Johnny Rivera and the Tequila Brass: Run, Run, RunLight My FireFrom Up, Up and Away (Cotique, 1968)(Editor's Note: Super Sonido is one of my favor... more info

Guardian Music — Half a decade ago, a nightclub opened that would change British music for ever. John Fordham talks about Ronnie Scott's with some of the jazz legends who played there over the yearsWhen I first heard jazz, I just liked the sound of its voice, the way... more info

Twangville — It’s a give-away throwdown here on Twangville this week. Lucero versus, well, the Beatles. To celebrate the recent re-mastered Beatles catalogue, EMI is offering one lucky Twangville reader this special Beatles lithograph. more info

CNN Showbiz — He got a standing ovation before the orchestra even played a single note. more info