The New Music

Peaches has taken a jab at Lady Gaga. In an interview with the A.V. Club, she responded to a question about Gaga ripping her off. “I’m not hating on her,” she said. “That’s cool for 12-year-olds, and when they turn 15, they find Peaches.” Ouch.

So, Liam Gallagher is going after a solo career now. After saying he was going to form a band with the members of Oasis who aren’t his brother, Liam is now seeing it as a solo career. He’s working hard too, telling MTV Italy, “After Christmas we might go in the studio and record it and hopefully have an album out in July.”

The singer of the late, great UK indie band Hefner was viciously mugged last Friday. Darren Hayman was left with a fractured skull after being attacked after a gig in Nottingham.

Members of The Velvet Underground will reunite on December 8th at the New York Public Library. Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker and Doug Yule won’t be playing live, but will be discussing their music and legacy with rock journalist David Fricke as part of the “LIVE from the NYPL” series.

And Nick Cave’s book The Death Of Bunny Munroe has been shortlisted for the annual Bad Sex Award, which the author who produces the worst description of a sex scene in a novel. What an honour!