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Some asshole sent a horrible rape threat to Lauren Mayberry. Lauren Mayberry isn't taking that shit : My band is lucky enough to have...

Oh, Marina out of Marina and The Diamonds, you are ace for calling out the 'I love the gays' demographic-box-tickers: "When y...

Last month, Toyota launched a terrible crowd-sourced band idea that, mercifully, seems to have gone nowhere. I did a thing about it here , m...

Yes, Karen O is going to have a baby . But more importantly, this:

Yeah, let's just pretend that this isn't happening , shall we? Madonna Pop star caught eating a man's butt The photos showing...

Talking to Maxim, Charli XCX cuts to the chase : "Would I sleep in a bin? As long as I've had some champagne, then probably, yeah....

There are many things that annoy people about Mumford And Sons. The name which makes them sound like a faux-artisan cheesemakers that's ...

April's most-read so far: 1. RIP: Jess Marquis 2. Video: Garbage's RSD release 3. Mick Hucknall turns out to have been a Tory al...

When you were six: Your dad: We've got to go visit Great Aunt Marylou You: Don't wanna. She's not got anything to play with a...

Alice Glass has been being upset on Twitter at the idea of Ethan Kath continuing Crystal Castles without her. NME storified the tweets: [ V...

1980s R&B star Johnny Kemp has died . Born in the Bahamas, Kemp relocated to New York in the late 70s as a member of Kinky Foxx, but ...

The Rifles - who are apparently still going - tweeted support for UKIP yesterday : It turns out, though, that they don't support UKIP. ...

Garbage have teamed up with Brian Aubert out of Silversun Pickups for their Record Store Day single. This is it: Record Store Day is an a...

It's not just a damning-but-amusing comparison with another celeb-led endeavour from Steve Albini [ via NME ]: Now, the Shellac and Big...

Tom Chaplin, "the voice of Keane", is going solo , but cautiously: A source shared: ''Tom didn't want to rush his fir...

Sledge. Ledge. Percy Sledge was 74. He'd had surgery for cancer at the start of last year, but had returned to touring. Sidenote: Sl...

The other night, Pink went to a benefit gig for the John Wayne Cancer Institute to support a friend being given an award. There's a ph...

Justin Bieber might not want to visit Argentina any time soon : An Argentine judge ordered the arrest of pop star Justin Bieber if he sets ...

It's 20 years since Empire Records. Yes, 20 years. Yes, that does mean you're old. Meanwhile, Rough Trade's New York outlet ha...

Jess Marquis, who as DJ Jess founded Trash and was resident DJ at New York's Webster Hall, has died . Three times winner of New York...

Tour posters? He's gone already. "Perfume" ads? Ironically still hanging about like a bad smell .

The most-read stories from April 2010: 1. RIP: Ann Vervoort 2. Adam Ant comes back. Before he's ready 3. Liverpool's Korova on f...

http://planetdm.tumblr.com/post/116096948495/29-years-ago-depeche-mode-at-the-hmv-nottigham Not pictured: Gennaro Castaldo.

David Hepworth has written a lovely clatter through Barry Manilow's career for the Telegraph , which is well worth a read. The only pr...

Back in April 2014, Sandi Thom played Egremont Market Hall in Cumbria. It's taken a while for the council to get the money for the hir...

That's the lead track from Sharon Van Etten's I Don't Want To Let You Down ep. You can buy it in *rubs eyes* June, apparently. ...

The mayor of Boston has declared April 9th Riot Grrl Day : Joyce Linehan, the mayor’s Chief of Policy and Hanna’s longtime friend, will pre...

Black Sabbath's supposed farewell gig at Ozzfest in Japan has been dropped amidst confusion about whether they were going to play their ...

Josie Jones, Liverpool legend and erstwhile Big Hard Excellent Fish and Wah! has died . Viewers of Snub TV will remember The Imperfect L...

Elton John and Michael Stipe have something important to say : We applaud the US Department of Justice for supporting Ashley Diamond and th...