"I'm not a macho man, but ... I have a guy outlook." --Frank Black

Despite his appearances and gnarly growl, the Pixies frontman admits he's not the biggest man's man. He does have, however, thanks to his father, "a New England kind of no-nonsense, cut-the-crap personality."

Coldplay front man Chris Martin made a surprise appearance at an Apple convention in California on Wednesday evening (Sept. 1) surprising their attending employees by debuting new song 'Wedding Bells' as part of a short three-track set, reports NME.

The event was used by the consumer electronics company to launch several new products including music and social networking site Ping, which allows users to build friends and follow musicians. Martin, sporting a Flaming Lips t-shirt, was in good spirits as he took to the lone piano on the convention centre stage, and launched into his band's breakthrough 2000 single 'Yellow' before moving onto 2008's 'Viva La Vida.'

It's the kind of behaviour that would have driven old-school managers like Peter Grant apoplectic with rage, but Radiohead have given soundboard recordings from their performance in Prague in August 2009 to the Czech makers of a fan-made live DVD. And what's more, fans can download the film and soundtrack for free.

The amateur film -- shot by 50 camera people in various part of the venue using a cheap Flip digital video camera -- is redolent of Beastie Boys' 'Awesome; I F------' Shot That!' and so impressed Radiohead that the Oxford band felt compelled to lend their support to the project.

Ever the innovator, Slash is going where few rockers have ever gone before in support of his self-titled debut solo album. On top of rocking out with Fergie at last week's Sunset Strip Music Festival, the guitarist is now releasing a new 3-D version of his video for 'By the Sword,' which features Wolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale.

Set in a post-apocalyptic world, the video features Slash, Stockdale and company rocking out in a subterranean venue (and yes, even after much of civilization is wiped out, there are still hot rocker chicks). The clip was originally released months ago and is getting a new treatment thanks to PassmoreLab.

While the Moondoggies have achieved a certain level of respect and recognition in the blogosphere as of late, their reputation clearly precedes them. For example, even if you're familiar with vintage material from the early days ('Don't Be a Stranger,' circa 2008) how many of you knew that it took a 40 of malt liquor for frontman Kevin Murphy to lower his inhibitions enough to demo his songs for his bandmates?

"That was really the beginning of us playing together; the collaboration," Murphy explains in this behind-the-scenes bio-short about the band. A five-minute documentary that really shines a light on the men who form the Moondoggies, we're given a glimpse into their day-to-day jobs, their connection to each other and even, yes, their private love lives -- all as seen, filmed and filtered by director Lynn Shelton ('Humpday'). It's one way to get to know a band, but if you're going to get your feet wet, you should probably just dive on in -- the water, here, is fine.

Fast on their way through a territory long since ceded, Manchester, UK electro staple the Chemical Brothers stopped in Denver, Colo.'s Fillmore Auditorium to do what they do best: pump epic electronic bursts and psychedelic light streams out to a hyper audience that can't get enough.

At this particular show, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons harnessed the power of their mid-'90s heyday by calling upon such tunes as 'Hey Boy Hey Girl' (from 1999's 'Surrender') and 'Block Rockin' Beats' (from 1997's 'Dig Your Own Hole') at just the right moments. Even amidst the super-impressive laser piercings and background film montages, which displayed everything from 'Unknown Pleasures'-esque radiations to tigers to cathedral blueprints, there was an overarching uncertainty to this show. Can an electro act that made it in the '90s -- be it Daft Punk, Moby, Aphex Twin or the Chemical Brothers -- be vital today?

Guns N' Roses were bottled off the stage at a gig in Dublin on Wednesday night, Sept. 1.

When they arrived an hour late on stage at The O2, the band were met with a hail of bottles and booing as they started up with 'Welcome to the Jungle'.

In a fan's video of the gig (via Gigwise) frontman Axl Rose stopped the band, saying, "Alright, here's the deal: one more bottle, we go home. It's up to you."

"We would like to stay. Do you want us to stay? We want to stay, we want to have some fun. If you don't want to have fun, all you've got to do is let us know -- we got no problem -- and we'll go on our way."