Rolling Stone — After a relationship that bridged 18 years — from the alternative-rock boom to Napster to the current music industry decline — Counting Crows announced on their Website today that they are parting ways with their label, Geffen Records. The Counti... more info

Guardian Music — Whatever new website Music That Makes You Dumb says about intelligence and record tastes, so-called clever music has always suckedFollowing the massive internet success of the website Books That Make You Dumb comes Music That Makes You Dumb, which ha... more info

Pitchfork — Virgil Griffith is a 25-year-old grad student at Caltech, and in his spare time he makes elaborate charts comparing people's SAT scores to their tastes in music and books. And you know what that means: Caltech grad students have way too much spare t... more info

Pitchfork — Dave Matthews! Why do you keep making it so hard to hate you? You signed My Morning Jacket, reissued Exile in Guyville, put out In Rainbows, and now this. My high school self just can't deal with this cognitive dissonance! Are you trying to make me a... more info

I Like Music — Return to the UK and Ireland for a string of live dates in May 09 with fifth studio album more info

ADAM Duritz confirms band will tour UK with 5th LP Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings more info

Undercover, Australia — Counting Crows have already been announced as the support act for The Who during their Australian tour in March, but today it was announced that Melbourne will get a theatre show from the band – the band’s only Australian headliner. more info

Pitchfork — Are the Counting Crows cooler than any of us realized? First the Gaslight Anthem quote Adam Duritz's "wish I looked like Elvis" line on their ridiculously great  song "High Lonesome", and then the long-maligned dreaded-up dorm-rockers announced that... more info

AngryApe — With The Hold Steady supporting on most nights more info

NME — Counting Crows have announced a tour of the UK and Ireland this May - with support on nine of the 13 dates coming from The Hold Steady. more info