411 Mania — From John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" and Bing Crosby and David Bowie's "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy" to The Kinks' "Father Christmas" and more, 411's Christopher Bell counts down the top 10 songs for Christmas! more info

ContactMusic — Veteran rocker Ray Davies paid a surprise visit to a U K village hall on Friday 16Dec11 to watch a group of children perform a musical inspired by The Kinks The British star used the bands hits to create Childs Play which chronicles the last 60 year.... more info

411 Mania — Ray Davies sees his own production of 'Child's Play' performed... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Stephanie Keith Brooklyn band Life in a Blender have been around for twenty-five years, creating their unique blend of vaudeville, rock and Americana. Their seventh full-length is entitled Homewrecker Spoon. Songwriter Don Ralph has a sardoni... more info

Altsounds — "I Taught You How To Dance" is a new four track ten inch EP featuring the standout track from Darren's latest album The Ship's Piano and covers of three other songs with 'Dance' in the title; 'Dance Away' by Roxy Music, 'I Don't Want to Dance' by Edd... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Liam Gallagher seems reluctant to do it, so the door is open for plenty of speculation.Liam Gallagher was one of two focal points in Oasis, the other being Noel Gallagher. Noel, more or less, dominated Oasis with the short-fused Liam put in Noel’s ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Old 97's frontman Rhett Miller keeps his solo career rolling with the upcoming release of The Interpreter: Live at Largo, a dozen live acoustic covers of some of his favorite songs by David Bowie, the Pixies, the Kinks, Elliott Smith and more. T... more info

Guardian Music — From the front page to the crossword, you sent us songs about the printed pressThe first thing we see when we look at a newsstand are the headlines. And a memorable headline is like a catchy chorus. It can define a subeditor's career as a No 1 single... more info

Guardian Music — Following our latest visit to the archives of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – we bring you a classic interview with Black Sabbath. Originally titled A Dorito and 7-Up Picnic with Black Sabbath, the ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — All of The Kinks in mono has been collected for a massive 10CD box set: the first seven studio albums and a wealth of EP's and rarities. This box collects The Kinks first seven LPs, Their albums from Kinks to Arthur as well as 3 extra CD’s coll... more info