Yoko Ono is set to give the biennial Lennonono Grant For Peace to five different activists and campaigners, including the partially imprisoned Russian punk collective, Pussy Riot. As well as Pussy Riot, the award will be presented posthumously to peace activist Rachel Corrie, who died in 2003, and to the late writer Christopher Hitchens. Author John Perkins will also receive the award, as well as a fifth, to-be-announced person.

The Black Keys' drummer Patrick Carney, The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne and Iggy Pop will all feature on Ke$ha's new album, Warrior. The album, which is the follow-up to the eccentric pop singer's 2010 debut LP Animal, will be released on December 3 in the UK and December 4 in the US. 'Warrior' contains a star-studded list of guest writers, producers and collaborators, with the likes of Bonnie McKee, Fun's Nate Ruess, Ben Folds, Greg Kurstin, Ammo, Kojak, Max Martin, Billboard and Will.i.am all set to feature. The album has been overseen by songwriting supreme Dr Luke.

The Beach Boys have said that they hope to record another new album to follow 'That's Why God Made the Radio', which was released earlier this year. The current line-up of Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks were speaking towards the end of their 50th anniversary tour last night (September 18) at a special evening launching a Beach Boys exhibition at The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.

James Murphy reveals what his life is like following the end of LCD Soundsystem, in the new issue of Uncut, out on Friday (September 21).

The 1965 The Rolling Stones documentary Charlie Is My Darling is set to be officially released for the first time. The 50-minute film was shot by Peter Whitehead in September 1965 when the Stones did a two-date tour of Ireland after "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" hit the charts. Although bootleg copies have been available, the film was never officially released.

The trailer for the new Jeff Buckley biopic Greetings From Tim Buckley has been released online. Scroll down to watch it. The fim stars Gossip Girl actor Penn Badgley as the late singer and follows his early struggles to forge a recording career as he grapples with the overbearing legacy of his musician father. The trailer shows the development of Buckley's relationship with a character named Allie, a young woman who he meets while working at a concert, who is played by Imogen Poots. The promo also features a snippet of Kate Nash's small role in the film.

The Jam are set to reissue their 1982 album The Gift to celebrate its 30th anniversary. 'The Gift' was the trio's only Number One and the last before their split. It features classic tracks including "Town Called Malice", '"Running On The Spot" and "Carnation".

When it comes out in the autumn of 1974, Gene Clark's No Other seems to me like an album everybody should hear, nothing short of a masterpiece.

Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore played his first gig with new band Chelsea Light Moving last week. The four-piece, which consists of Moore along with Keith Wood on guitar, Samara Lubelski on bass and John Moloney on drums, played their debut show at Brooklyn's 285 Kent, Spin reports. They played an eight-song set, presumably made up of tracks from their forthcoming album, which they are currently recording and will be released on Matador.

Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash has spoken about his recent revelation that he once discovered his mother naked with David Bowie. The legendary axeman, who released his second solo album Apocalyptic Love in May, revealed to Australian radio station Triple M that he walked in on his costume-designer mother Ola Hudson and Bowie in the nude together when he was just eight years old. The anecdote was widely reported, something that the guitarist now says he was "embarrassed" about and that the whole revelation was "very awkward".