New York Post — David Bowie, the Ramones, Blondie and Talking Heads all owe a big debt to another Rock & Roll Hall of Fame act: the Velvet Underground. And although it’s been five decades since those influential art rockers became the ultimate downtown NYC hipster... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "YES..I AM JAMIE CHERRY..THIS IS MY BAND...400 POUNDS OF PUNK SINGING WITH JACK WHITE!!!!!!!!!" Continue reading… more info

JamBase — Listen to a recently unearthed recording of a then-unknown Jack White contributing vocals to a cover of Blondie's "One Way Or Another" from 1997. more info

Consequence of Sound — Taken from a 1997 cassette tape recorded by teen trio 400 Pounds of Punk. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — A then-unknown Jack White provided guest vocals on a cover of 'One Way Or Another' by a band called 400 Pounds of Punk in the late '90s, and the cassette has been unearthed. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — A rare recording of Jack White singing Blondie's "One Way Or Another" has surfaced. It was included on a cassette from 1997 that Third Man Records employee and official White Stripes archivist Ben Blackwell discovered in a box that had been stowed aw... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Elton John, Phil Lesh, The Revolution, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, and more tour news. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Parallel Lines changed everything. Not instantly, but soon enough. When it came out in September '78 (exactly 40 years ago yesterday), it cheesed off purists (Blondie went disco???) and earned just enough critical praise to stir interest (Christgau: ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Katy Perry, Blondie, Robert Plant, and N.E.R.D. drew deceptively large crowds to Southern California. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The final day of Riot Fest included classic punk albums performed in full by Bad Religion, Suicidal Tendencies, and Fear, plus sets from Run the Jewels, Father John Misty, Blondie, Johnny Marr, Superchunk, Dillinger Four, The Wonder Years, and more. ... more info