Magnet Magazine — 40 years ago today, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band released Live/1975–85. Raise your hand if you own the record-club-only, eight-track-tape configuration. Read our Springsteen live review from 2026: The post Bruce Springsteen & The E Street ... more info

Stereogum — Last weekend, former Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello held his star-studded one-day Power To The People festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. The whole event was framed as a left-wing political gathering, and Mor... more info

Stereogum — Tom Morello's Power To The People took place at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD, on Saturday (October 3). Proceeds from the one-day event benefit VoteRiders and HeadCount, and it was livestreamed on MS NOW's YouTube channel. But while PTTP... more info

Allmusic Blog — Springsteen couldn’t finish the lyrics to the song that became “Because the Night.” Proto-punk poet Patti Smith did — and turned it into her biggest hit. Here’s the real story behind “Because the Night.” more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Bruce Springsteen. Born in the U.S.A., born to run, born to win. Photo for MAGNET by Chris Sikich. Read Pete Yorn in MAGNET on the Boss: The post Happy Birthday Bruce Springsteen appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — Ah, the four words that we all long to hear: Tom Morello solo album. The former Rage Against The Machine axe-wrecker remains the one Rage ex-member who's always busy and visible. Earlier this year, he organized an all-star Minneapolis benefit and joi... more info

Stereogum — In April, Nation Of Language released a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Tougher Than The Rest" for a limited edition 7". Now, the Brooklyn synthpop trio is finally sharing the B-side, an unreleased track called "The Conversation." The post Nation Of La... more info

Stereogum — The vast, sprawling $850 million edifice known as the Barack Obama Presidential Center — it's not a library, though it has a library — has been in the works for more than a decade, and it's finally ready to open its doors to the public. The Obama... more info

Stereogum — Yesterday, the final day of Tribeca Film Festival, Bruce Springsteen was honored with the Harry Belafonte Voices For Social Justice Award. It's an honor awarded to individuals for their use of artistic storytelling to promote change in their communit... more info

Allmusic Blog — MTV made the live album irrelevant in the '80s — or so everyone thought. These five records, from Springsteen's 40-track box set to Iron Maiden conquering arenas without radio play, proved otherwise. more info