Said the Gramophone — Herman Dune - "Try to Think About Me (Don't You Worry A Bit)". Herman Dune are a band diminished by the departure of brother & co-songwriter André H-D from the group, diminished by the clean $ studio sound of their last two LPs, diminished by the di... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Following the amphetamine-paced frenzy of his 1966 European tour, Bob Dylan retreated to his home in Woodstock, NY. It was there that, on July 29th, the artist crashed his Triumph 500 motorcycle. While the details of the crash, and subsequent injuri... more info

JamBase — Check out "Few Honest Words Obama Remix" at myspace.com/bensollee. By: Nick D'amore Ben Sollee A debut album, touring as part of an offbeat supergroup and causing a minor firestorm by writing a rueful song to Kanye West: they're all part of Ben S... more info

Culture Bully — It is impossible to separate the where and when from the what, in regards to Bob Dylan’s historic concert in Minneapolis last evening. The show (which sold out almost immediately) took place at Northrop Auditorium on the University of Minnesota cam... more info

Culture Bully — Twin Cities News: — City Pages recaps MN artists @ CMJ. (link) — Star Tribune reviews last night’s Bob Dylan show. (link) — Mpls. St. Paul Mag reviews Girl Talk’s First Ave. show & sticks it to the kids. (link) — Rift reviews Mighty Fairl... more info

Guardian Music — It's often said that music doesn't divide into genres, that there is only good music and bad. There is one more operational subdivision: big music and its opposite. As a scurvyish guitar band, Razorlight started out making the latter. Their taut, pav... more info

JamBase — By: Drew McLaughlin Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams :: 10.19.08 :: Beachland Ballroom Tavern :: Cleveland, OH He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five. —1 Kings 4:32 Gandalf Murphy & T... more info

My Old Kentucky — Artist everywhere are trying to get involved with this year's election, and we fully support that. Now, Wilco and Fleet Foxes are giving away their live cover of Bob Dylan's I Shall Be Released in support of gettin' our their and voting next week. ... more info

Pitchfork — On November 24, fine art auction house Christie's will host an auction of punk, rock, soul, and reggae memorabilia called "Pop Culture: Punk/Rock" at its 20 Rockefeller Plaza location in New York City [via Idolator]. Well-to-do aging punk rockers: He... more info

Popdose — The Gospel of Bob I’ve known some pretty serious Bob Dylan fans. They’ll talk at length about the merits of underappreciated albums like Street Legal and Self Portrait. They’ll travel fair distances to see the man perform live. They’ll defend... more info