ContactMusic — Metallica claim The Kinks' track 'You Really Got Me' "chose them" when asked to cover one of the band's tracks.The heavy metal band were approached by the 60s... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Hannibal said... Strangeways - Walk in the Fire 1989 http://hannibalsite.blogspot.com infinite fool said... Recently at Infinite Foolishness: Bill Nelson's Red Noise - 3/13/79, Sheffield, UK Kevin Ayers & the Whole Wide World - 7/30/70, Drijbregen, ... more info

Stereogum — Reunion “news” on an afternoon fraught with sibling rivalry: Ray and Dave Davies, the Kinks core gene pool and Mendelian blueprint for Noel and Liam’s bro-bickering, still don’t get along, and their sustained acrimony has all but assured you�... more info

ContactMusic — DAVE DAVIES has fuelled his public feud with former bandmate and estranged brother RAY DAVIES - insisting he will never reunite with the rocker to reform THE KINKS.Dave,... more info

Guardian Music — (Universal)This album of collaborations came about after Davies recorded a version of "'Til the End of the Day" with the late Alex Chilton of Big Star. There are some good covers here: Mumford & Sons are pleasantly rugged on "Days", which speeds up a... more info

NME — Guitarist claims band would look like 'silly old men in wheelchairs' more info

Guardian Music — She's the cello-playing ex-Belle and Sebastian singer; he's the roadworn rock casualty. But as Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan tell Stevie Chick, they're more alike than you'd thinkIt's the contrasts between Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, clearly... more info

Guardian Music — (Universal)Finally, it's Ray Davies's turn to make the elder-statesmen-collaborates-with-star-admirers album. See My Friends sees him plunder his back catalogue, with generally pleasurable results. Though Bruce Springsteen's gruff bark is an uncomfor... more info

ContactMusic — Rocker RAY DAVIES has called for the masterminds behind the 9/11 terror attacks to face a firing squad made up of members of the victims' families.The Kinks frontman... more info

ContactMusic — THE KINKS legend RAY DAVIES is convinced his shooting in 2004 was an attempted assassination by a hitman - because he received a death threat days before the... more info