A very diverse selection of new releases this week, including Passion Pit, Slipknot, Old Crow Medicine Show and The Gaslight Anthem.

The story of Motown is coming to Broadway with a book by Berry Gordy and the music that made Detroit famous.

Folk icons America are on their way Down Under for a national tour with Rick Price.

Following the Record Store Day release of the limited edition Starman 7" picture disc, EMI will release a 40th anniversary limited edition 7" picture disc of David Bowie's John, I'm Only Dancing. The disc will be released on September 11 in the U.S. and September 3 in the rest of the world.

The nominees were announced on Thursday for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards with a number of programs involving veteran musical artists in the mix.

The year was 1962 and the location was a garage in Hollywood. Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss started A&M Records, kicking off their new label with the hit single The Lonely Bull by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.

Dancey indie-pop duo Matt & Kim deliver a ballin’ video for ‘Let’s Go’ from their forthcoming Lightning album.

Rob Zombie prepares another remix album, featuring Bloody Beetroots, Photek, Jonathan Davis from Korn, Chino from Detones, and more.

New Jersey folk punk upstarts The Gaslight Anthem release a video for the title track of their fourth album Handwritten.

Bold UK folkie Cosmo Jarvis previews his Think Bigger album during a whistlestop visit to Australia.

Adelaide band Exit is the first finalist announced for the phase two of the Red Bull Bedroom Jam.

The Village People will be back in Australia for their 35th anniversary tour in November.

R&B newcomer Frank Ocean's debut album ‘Channel Orange’ scores a surprise second spot on the US chart with 97% digital sales.

Lana Del Rey is the new global face for US fashion outlet H&M.

London Olympic tune ‘Theme For Velodrome’ by The Chemical Brothers has been captured from a radio airing.

Glen Campbell, who is in the midst of his farewell tour, has cancelled the Australian leg of the trek.

Rick Springfield treated diners at a restaurant in the Melbourne suburb of Boronia to a surprise performance on Sunday.

The original J. Geils members have put the old band back together. Peter Wolf, Seth Justman, Danny Klein and Magic Dick are once again the J. Geils Band but John Geils is not part of the line-up.

Atoms For Peace (Thom Yorke, Flea, Nigel Godrich) prepare their first proper release – a remix 12-inch.

Randy Blythe, frontman for metal act Lamb Of God, gives an interview to a Czech newspaper about his manslaughter charge.

The classic 1976 Kiss album ‘Destroyer’ is about to be reissued as ‘Destroyer: Resurrected’.

Troubled Brit rocker Pete Doherty has reportedly been told to leave a drug rehabilitation facility in Thailand.

Canada’s album of the year Polaris Music Prize shortlists Drake, Grimes, Feist, Japandroids and more.

Madonna will no longer bring her MDNA tour to Australia.

Reunited Swedish death metal innovators At The Gates will hit Australia for the first time ever.

Music legend Engelbert Humperdinck has made a flash visit to Australia to perform at a charity show for the St Vincent’s Hospital tonight (July 18, 2012).

Coachella is going to set sail. The S.S. Coachella will depart Fort Lauderdale, Florida for the Bahamas and then Jamaica with Pulp and Hot Chip on board.

Canadian electro artist Grimes and Sydney’s proto-grunge legends The Sunnyboys lead the Meredith line-up announcement for 2014.

Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers will release a solo E.P. soon and Patti Smith has recorded the vocals.

Diplo’s hyperactive dub project Major Lazer remixes a new track from UK electro kids Hot Chip.