DrownedInSound — Keep your sense of perspective and remember that The Promise really is an off-cuts record, and you’ll find it’s a staggeringly good one. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — (Third Man)Is it a camouflaged expletive? A pre-emptive star rating? Either way, the title of the Greenhornes' first album in eight years exemplifies the Ohio trio's confidence. You can't blame them: this is a band with friends in high places. Jim Ja... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — I wonder what he thinks of Wavves. Listen to him say it in the Sirius XM clip below...... more info

Guardian Music — American porches represent life on the cusp of something – adulthood, love, or the home itself. This frontier is where rock'n'roll happensI'm not precisely sure when I became aware of the significance of the porch in rock'n'roll, but I would hazar... more info

Guardian Music — Memoir of her bohemian days with artist Robert Mapplethorpe earns acclaimed musician National Book Award in USFor a musician who virtually dropped out of public life for almost two decades, Patti Smith has become remarkably ubiquitous. Barely a month... more info

Starpulse — There were several great moments when Bruce Springsteen made a rare talk show appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, but only one is still making waves on the internet: a cover of Willow Smith... more info

Popdose — The first installment of our alternative look at Bruce Springsteen's career, fittingly, puts its foot to the floor and doesn't look back. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mister Moods said... Brand New Moods presents: - The Byrds "Ballad of Easy Rider" (remaster, bonus tracks) Originally released the same month as the Beatles' Abbey Road, both albums amounted to swan sangs for the respective bands. The Byrds would rel... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Bruce Springsteen had no idea he would become headline news across the world after posing with a newly-engaged couple for a few photos, joking the husband and wife-to-be have launched TV careers on the back of the snaps. more info

ContactMusic — BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN had no idea he would become headline news across the world after posing with a newly-engaged couple for a few photos, joking the husband and wife-to-be... more info