Rolling Stone — On his new album Not So Soft Landing, Nashville singer-songwriter Jerry Castle leaves behind the rootsy, sometimes jam-based sound of his prior efforts in favor of a more haunting, trippy vibe. Due June 24th, the record feels like a journey through s... more info

Stereogum — Last month, director and band photographer Danny Clinch launched a Kickstarter to raise funds for a documentary about Blind Melon’s late frontman Shannon Hoon, which will be made up of home-video footage that Hoon shot during the band’s rise to f... more info

Stereogum — It’s been 20 years since Shannon Hoon, the original lead singer of Blind Melon, died of an overdose. Until his death, he had been documenting his band’s rise to fame with a video camera, which Danny Clinch has spent the past five years molding in... more info

Chorus.fm — *Michale Graves* (http://www.michalegraves.net/)' (ex-Misfits) music video for his cover of *Blind Melon (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blind-Melon/239230496170578)*'s "No Rain" in the replies. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Christina Perri's debut album is titled lovestrong. and is scheduled to be released on May 10, 2011. But thanks to the folks at Atlantic Records you can already listen to it, in full, below... after you clicked Read more.. Christina Perri (born Aug... more info

Popdose — Chris Holmes delves into Blind Melon's 1992 debut album to see if there are any other nuggets past the hit single, "No Rain." more info

Stereogum — Williamsburg is a Camel cigarette, the new Bedford Ave. Duane Reade has a wine bar inside of it, the yuppies are part of the firmament. Along with the latest wave of high-end gentrification in this neighborhood comes the inevitable migration of its r... more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: Pop singer Christina Milian (1981) Tennis star Serena Williams (1981) Rapper Ras Kass (1972) "Frequency" actor James Caviezel (1968) Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon (1967; d... more info

Muzjiks — I might not even be of legal drinking age, but I already find myself nostalgic about my youth, wary about growing old. I miss Freeze Pops and Capri Suns after riding around on my neighbor's Razor scooter (my parents never let me get one). I miss bein... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — We already told you about this weekend's Woods/Real Estate show at Wiliamsburg's Music Hall, and pointed you toward NYCTaper's full-set recordings. What we neglected to mention was that the members of Woods and Real Estate did a little encore n... more info