Mercury News, California — Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard, Meghan Trainor, Ryn Weaver are also among our favorite new vocalists. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mumford & Sons have their upcoming traveling festival Gentlemen of the Road hitting the NYC-area (NJ) in June with The Flaming Lips, Alabama Shakes, The Maccabees, JEFF the Brotherhood and more; but they'll be in NYC proper much sooner... more info

Nialler9 — As broadcast last night, as it is every Thursday from 10pm to midnight TXFM. Skip past the news 6 minutes in. Part One Alabama Shakes – Don’t Wanna Fight Le Galaxie – Le Club Shamir – Call It Off Teleman – Strange Combinations little xs fo... more info

Stereogum — Lollapalooza has announced its lineup for this year. The Chicago-based festival will be headlined by Paul McCartney (his first appearance at Lolla), Metallica, Florence + The Machine, Sam Smith, Bassnectar, and the Weeknd. Among the 130+ other artist... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: The Cribs at Bowery Ballroom in 2008 (more by Tim Griffin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... D'Angelo and the Vanguard @ Best Buy Theatre Neo-soul great... more info

Nialler9 — As broadcast last night, as it is every Thursday from 10pm to midnight TXFM. Part One Broadway Sounds – ‘Sing It Again’ Little Green Cars – ‘Please’ Alabama Shakes – ‘Don’t Wanna Fight’ Jack Garratt – ‘Chemical’ Ghostpoet â... more info

Nialler9 — As broadcast last night, as it is every Thursday from 10pm to midnight TXFM. Part One Songs played Hot Chip – ‘Huarache Lights’ Lindstrøm & Todd Terje – ‘Lanzarote’ Jape – ‘Absolutely Animals’ Not Squares – ‘Oops Said Hi’ Al... more info

Nialler9 — The problem with penning a towering achievement of a song like ‘Hold On’, a catchy yet simple blues-soul rock’n’roll song is that it overshadowed everything else including the album Boys & Girls that Alabama Shakes did after that. That’s m... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Jason Isbell at Governors Ball 2014 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Former Drive-By Trucker Jason Isbell just played Beacon Theatre with Damien Jurado over the weekend (anyone go?), and now he's expanded his tour. The new dates include two..... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 2015 edition of Arts & Crafts' Field Trip Festival happens June 6 & 7 in downtown Toronto. This year's lineup features Alabama Shakes, My Morning Jacket, The War on Drugs, De La Soul, Purity Ring, Father John Misty,... more info