Del-Fi label founder, record producer and “the world’s youngest bandleader” Bob Keane passed away on Saturday at age 87. By age 17, Keane was fronting his own big band and played with different bands, including Artie Shaw’s, throughout the ’40s. He started Del-Fi after co-founding and working as an A&R man for Keen Records (during which time he discovered Sam Cooke). Del-Fi’s roster included Richie Valens, Brenda Holloway, the Surfaris, Frank Zappa and the Bobby Fuller Four, the label’s most successful group. Del-Fi folded not long after Fuller’s mysterious death in 1966, but Keane brought the label back in the late ’80s; band such as Outrageous Cherry appeared on the new incarnation of the label. Keane’s memoir, The Oracle of Del-Fi: My Life in Music with Ritchie Valens, Sam Cooke, Frank Zappa, Barry White and Other Legends, was published in 2006. [NYTimes.com]

Ring in the New Year with the Flaming Lips’ version of Dark Side of the Moon. The band’s annual New Year show, which also features the band Stardeath and White Dwarfs, will begin 2010 with Pink Floyd’s classic. The Lips also re-recorded Dark Side recently, with hopes of making it an iTunes exclusive release. [RollingStone.com]

Kelis has a label again. After being dropped by Jive Records in late 2007, the singer has signed to Black Eyed Peas’ founder will.i.am’s self-titled imprint, which is distributed via Interscope Records. Her upcoming album, which features productions by will.i.am, David Guetta and Boyz Noize, is expected to be out sometime next year. [Billboard.com]

Scott Kannberg shared more details about Pavement’s upcoming reunion tour, which will stretch well into 2010. Kannberg mentioned that the band will play B-sides and rarities on the 30-date jaunt, adding that the band will likely record new material if the reunion “is enjoyable.” [Guardian.co.uk]

The Alkaline Trio has revealed that their Feburary-due seventh album is influenced by their punk forefathers, ranging from Chicago legends Pegboy, Naked Raygun and Screeching Weasel, along with SoCal veterans Social Distortion. [SpinnerMusic.co.uk]

Speaking of punk forefathers, former Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock is reuniting with the rest of the Rich Kids for a one-off show in January. Fellow original members Midge Ure, Steve New and Rusty Egan will join Matlock for the January 7 show at London’s O2 Academy Islington; Matlock and Ure will also play solo sets at the concert. [NME.com]

The New York Arts Committee will honor 1520 Sedgwick Avenue as the birthplace of hip-hop. The address, where DJ Kool Herc held a party in 1973 that helped build the foundations of hip-hop in the Bronx, is one of six locations that will be commemorated for their cultural significance to New York City and the world. [AllHipHop.com]