Ida Maria's killing it in 2009: Her album, Fortress Round My Heart, is one of this year's best albums so far -- and now she's reeled in one of her idols to collaborate on a new single.

If you think you've seen it all today, think again: In this new video, a life-sized puppet of Iggy Pop brawls with masked men and breaks a bottle over Fat Boy Slim's head while performing an upbeat tune from the BPA, Slim's cameo-packed new project.

Ronald "Ron" Asheton, influential guitarist and original member of punk progenitors the Stooges, was found dead at his Ann Arbor, MI, home this morning, the Ann Arbor News reports.

Not even stolen gear could stop fiery punk luminaries the Stooges from rocking out at this past weekend's Virgin Mobile Festival in Baltimore. Below, check out video clips of the group, led by the irrepressibly wild Iggy Pop, rocking out to classics "1969" and "Loose."

To quote the title of a Stooges song, this is simply not right. On the morning of Aug. 5, Iggy Pop and his cohorts awoke in Montreal, Canada to find all of their instruments and equipment -- not to mention the truck that was holding the gear -- had been stolen over the night.