Guardian Music — Christina Aguilera's album is disappointingly predictable. Is she just the latest artist to suffer from record label intervention?In his review, Alexis Petridis called Christina Aguilera's Bi-On-Ic "occasionally brilliant and brave, occasionally teet... more info

Songs:Illinois — OK, that should get me some hits. This song by Marshmallow Staircase is available on their new limited edition LP Terror De Lune. This might not be what you’d expect from me here at Songs:Illinois but like every red blooded American I’ve got a ... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — It's been said that LCD Soundsystem's "Drunk Girls" bears a close melodic resemblance to the Velvet Underground's "White Light/White Heat". You can really hear the connection here, as scuzzy psych rockers Wooden Shjips cover the This Is Happening cut... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ekko said... Eminem-The Recovery Mixtape http://www.berkeleyplaceblog.com jixx said... Ramones - Acid Eaters Ramones - Adios Amigos! http://spinadisc.blogspot.com S R Management said... O.K., here's the deal. The staff is on vacation so what better... more info

ContactMusic — DAMON ALBARN wants to recruit VELVET UNDERGROUND rocker LOU REED to join him on the Glastonbury stage this summer (10).The Blur frontman is set to headline the famed... more info

Guardian Music — Growing up in Macclesfield in the early 80s, I attended the same school as the late Joy Division singer. But my passion for their music soon became an infatuationMacclesfield, 1980, a few months after Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division, had ... more info

Guardian Music — The singer's field recordings for the National Trust are the most radical, forward-thinking music of the yearRock and pop music, and assorted mutant sub-genres, is so everyday, so available, so not as special as it once was before it became so much a... more info

Guardian Music — PICK OF THE WEEK LCD Soundsystem Drunk Girls (EMI) Not, in honesty, the greatest single to be run up the LCD Soundsystem flagpole – and I write this before the chorus has begun its inevitable tread round those Ibiza Uncovered-style shows that zoom ... more info

Guardian Music — Scala, LondonNdjili is an overcrowded and hectic suburb not far from Kinshasa airport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it's here that Konono No 1 spent much of their career, playing in local bars and scouring the second-hand market for ca... more info

Kate's reportedly formed a band with boyfriend,The Kills' Jamie Hince.It's claimed they have recorded a cover of a Velvet Underground alongside three other musicians and are recording more material... more info