Guardian Music — World's best rapper in 'rubbish rock record' shock. Priya Elan investigatesMaybe it's the riff which suggests Kevin Jonas attempting to play Led Zeppelin's Kashmir in a used-guitar shop. Or could it be the stadium-filling drums which hint at Spinal T... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — When writing about New Jersey's most hair-raising young punk trio, it may be unfair to focus on Marissa Paternoster. To recast the famous slogan Blondie championed, Screaming Females is a band, and bassist Mike Rickenbacker and drummer Jarrett Doughe... more info

NME — MC5, Devo members to offer musical guidance at Hawaiian more info

MTV.com News — Contestants will perform songs from their birth years.By Gil Kaufman Allison Iraheta Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images "American Idol" judges are like a broken record when it comes to song selection. If they've said it once, they've sai... more info

MTV.com News — Eminem will induct Run-DMC at ceremony on Saturday in ClevelandBy Gil Kaufman Run-DMC Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images In years past, there were always a few things you could count on at the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame indu... more info

MTV.com News — Frontman James Hetfield says there's no reason to exclude former bassist.By James Montgomery Metallica's James Hetfield Photo: MTV News In a little more than a week, Metallica will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and, as i... more info

Guardian Music — Jews are all over American pop history like a kosher rash: from the Brill Building era of Bacharach/David, Neil Sedaka and Carole King to late-1970s NYC, where Richard Hell, Joey Ramone, Tommy Ramone, Lenny Kaye and Blondie's Chris Stein turned the p... more info

Guardian Music — The metal monoliths are to perform with former bassist Jason Newsted at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductionMetallica are to reunite with Jason Newsted, their former bassist who they refused to include in their Guitar Hero videogame. Newsted wi... more info

Idolator — While Jason Newsted will have to take a look at his Rock Star: Supernova schedule first before answering with a definitive yes, Kirk Hammett said in a recent interview that the former Metallica bassist will be invited to perform with the group "at on... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Buckner/Getty Metallica will reunite with former bassist Jason Newsted when the heavy metal gods are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Cleveland on April 4th, the Pulse of the Radio reports (via Blabbermouth.) C... more info