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Things aren't looking too good for Nick Oliveri right now - police claim they've found drugs and a loaded rifle at his home , and hi...

I've been poking round the Guardian's map of all verified incidents and the Sony Distribution Warehouse fire looks to be unique. ...

There's a long and interesting post from Alexei out of Johnny Foreigner on the PIAS fire and, to a greater extent, why they don't n...

The appearance of Rollin Like A Star on iTunes has interested Korvel Sutton. Sutton was a member of Pretty Boy Gangsters, who recorded the t...

Noel Gallagher has shared his views on the riots : "I can't understand where their energy for these riots is coming from. We live ...

Jani Lane, who was lead singer with Warrant, has been found dead in an LA hotel . Lane - who was born John Kennedy Oswald - hard originall...

Well, Gordon Smart at least has a sense of humour. Not when he's writing, obviously, but for someone writing the column where many at th...

Given the turmoil in London over the last few days, a headline announcing Amy Winehouse home is robbed might seem to be part of the riot c...

Distribution is a funny thing, isn't it? Most of the time, it's just there, in the background. People are aware of it, not least as ...

Seriously, the Manchester looters? You looted Pretty Green last night ? It really is thieving without discrimination.

Given that Blake Fielder-Civil is part of Gordon Smart's personal demonology, if he was going to try and cash-in on the death of his for...

A fundraiser is being pulled together for the labels hit by the loss of the Sony/PIAS warehouse in last night's fire. For full details, ...

As news of the loss of the PIAS/Sony warehouse has been spreading, the PIAS website has been suffering too (well-wishers rather than arsonis...

Joe McElderry was in Hackney last night, so we are blessed to have his first-hand report from the scene: Joe McElderry found himself in the...

The Sony Distribution warehouse in Enfield looks to have been pretty much destroyed by arsonists during last night's chaos in London. T...

Marshall Grant, the last surviving member of Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two, has died . It's hard to believe that the trio actual...

It's almost heartwarming to see Gordon Smart's column there this morning, churning out the usual shitty journalism, casual sexism an...

It's forty years next year since Queen started. Apparently this calls for "a year-long celebration" which seems a bit rich, gi...

On Twitter : im going down to the riots to hand out tea and mars bars #london I think you'll find that most of asshats have grabbed Mar...

Morrissey played London last night - Brixton, where apparently there was a minor kick-off later on - and offered his response to the riots :...

Gordon hails Cher Lloyd's number one this morning : CHER Lloyd proved her famous "haters" wrong yesterday by hitting No1 with...

Michael Bukht, who helped launch two wildly successful radio stations, died last week . Although his face was more familiar as part of the...

So, the new Jay-Z album has its launch all lined up - iTunes get an exclusive first go; then Best Buy get a super-duper special exclusive ve...

The Chelsea Hotel has closed its doors for what is either a renovation project, an attempt to break the hotel's unions, or some sort of...

With all the excitement over browsers, here's this week's top ten browsers used by No Rock visitors: 1. Firefox 34% 2. Internet E...

Throwing his hat into the EMI-purchasing ring (or rather, hurling a hat underwritten by Apollo Global Management) is Charles Koppelman , who...

Conrad Schnitzler, a leading light of krautrock and electronic music has died . Schnitzler, who was an early member of Tangerine Dream, pa...

How great will the sort-of official Michael Jackson tribute concert in Cardiff be, exactly? They've pulled in Craig David for it : Th...

Alexisonfire have wound up after a decade. There's a statement from George Pettit: Almost a year ago Dallas informed us that he would ...

Gordon Smart ripping content off other magazines in return for printing a shot of the cover is nothing new. But this has got to be the first...