Guardian Music — Cate Le Bon, On tourShe's Welsh, and plays with him in the 80s-themed pop group Neon Neon. These, however, aren't the only affinities Cate Le Bon has with Gruff Rhys. Far more persuasively, Le Bon, like Rhys, is someone whose take on songwriting is s... more info

Guardian Music — The new single from these Mike Skinner signings is arch, knowing and a little camp – but completely amazingMan Like Me, aka Johnny Langer and Peter Duffy, are about to see if the curse of Mike Skinner's record label, The Beats, is a thing we've jus... more info

ContactMusic — Silver screen veteran Joan Collins, OBE (The Bitch, Decadence and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas) and granddaughter are seen here walking down the street in Beverley Hills. Joan is wearing a nice black and white ensemble and dark sunglasses. A... more info

Guardian Music — Which is the most compelling musical memoir? Let us know …"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture," said Frank Zappa (or Elvis Costello, Laurie Anderson or someone else entirely depending on who you listen to). But is that a fair as... more info

ContactMusic — Ryan Gosling has been displaying some pretty heroic behaviour in New York recently saving a British journalist from being hit by a car when she forgot that traffic flows the other way to her native country Laurie Penny a journalist for The Guardian a... more info

Metalsucks — Oh come on, you didn’t take our list of the Top 25 Modern Metal Drummers too seriously, did you? Our site is called “Metal Sucks” fer chrissakes. A dozen other drummers were equally as deserving as those who did make the cut. IMNs gonna rage, ... more info

Chorus.fm — What happens when *Periphery (http://www.facebook.com/PeripheryBand)* drummer Matt Halpern takes his drum kit to the streets of SXSW in Austin, TX? Hit the replies to find out. more info

ContactMusic — Record company bosses shelved a collaboration between Coldplay star Chris Martin and rapper Mike Skinner as they were convinced it lacked chart-topping potential The Streets frontman Skinner recorded a version of his track Dry Your Eyes featuring Mar... more info

ContactMusic — Chris Martin didnt like the sound of his voice on The Streets Dry Your Eyes The Coldplay front man sung on an early version of the 2004 single but it was never released because of problems from his bands record company EMI Writing i... more info

Gigwise — Mike Skinner reveals label dispute over 'Dry Your Eyes' collaboration more info