New York Times — Hear the tracks that caught our pop critics’ attention, from the first new music from Stone Roses in 21 years to Grimes’s new take on “California.” more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Lydia Davis talked translation with the Los Angeles Review of Books. NPR Music is streaming Bob Dylan's new covers album Fallen Angels. May is Largehearted Boy's first fundraising month. All donations will go toward creating new features, crafting a ... more info

NME — Mick Jagger also calls Desert Trip festival 'Coachella for old people' more info

USA Today Music — One of rock's most esteemed singer/songwriters returns to pre-rock classics on a new album.             more info

Guardian Music — The alternative country star has a new psychedelic jam band, Hard Working Americans – and he’s still retained the respect of Nashville’s old guardLong before Jack White and the Black Keys hit Nashville, Todd Snider was a one-man ... more info

Consequence of Sound — In which the legendary songwriter again takes on songs made popular by Frank Sinatra. more info

Stereogum — If Bob Dylan’s entire set at this fall’s Desert Trip festival turns out to be one extended Frank Sinatra tribute, it’ll be a world-historical act of large-scale trolling. It’s on the table! It could happen! Dylan is, after all, about to relea... more info

NME — The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan among headliners for new US event more info

Guardian Music — The boomer-friendly event, headlined by the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Roger Waters, predicted to be the highest-grossing event in music historyThe Desert Trip festival – featuring the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Yo... more info

Popdose — The worst you can say about Leland Sundries’ two EP releases — 2010’s “The Apothecary” and 2012’s “The Foundry” — is that they were frustratingly short (as EPs are wont to be). Thick stews of steampunk Americana that made the most o... more info