L.A. Times - Entertainment — New Jersey rock group Bon Jovi and its fans can stop living on a prayer: the band is headed into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, along with the Cars, Dire Straits, the Moody Blues, Nina Simone and pioneering gospel singer-guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharp... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — New Jersey rock group Bon Jovi and its fans can stop living on a prayer: the band is headed into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, along with the Cars, Dire Straits, the Moody Blues, Nina Simone and pioneering gospel singer-guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharp... more info

Stereogum — A couple of days ago, we learned that legendary producer Dave Fridmann mixed some songs for the Killers, and now we've found out that Mark Knopfler is also working with the band. In a post on the Dire Straits member's official website, it says that K... more info

Stereogum — Hajk are an Oslo quintet featuring Preben Sælid Andersen of Death By Unga Bunga, but rather than that band's "Fight!" played like Thin Lizzy with the overdrive pedal cranked up, Hajk's latest single is crisp, clear, and smooth. "Best Friend" is a st... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — QUEEN's best-of collection "Greatest Hits" has been named the biggest-selling album of all time in Britain, as compiled by the Official Charts Company. The 1981 compilation stands alone as the first and only record to have passed the six-million sal... more info

Stereogum — Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders released their fourth album Playmates back in February, and it included not one, but two Sharon Van Etten collaborations. Now the Australian band, which includes Kirin J Callinan, has recorded a cover of Dire Straits’... more info

Perez Hilton — We wish we had better news. On Friday, a source gave an update on Lamar Odom's condition as he fights for his life at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, NV. Unfortunately, the news isn't positive as it's been revealed that the former NBA star's condition... more info

TMZ — Lamar Odom has not gotten any better, and sources familiar with his treatment say even if he survives he has virtually no chance of ever leading a normal life. Our sources say doctors continue to put Lamar's chances of survival at 50/50. We're toldâ€... more info

Stereogum — Los Colognes are a bluesy folk-rock six-piece who lean hard on Dire Straits’ back catalog and used to earn their keep in Nashville by performing as a backing band for solo artists in need of a full band. One such artist in need was Caitlin Rose, wh... more info

Stereogum — Nashville-via-Chicago sextet Los Colognes make rootsy, country- and blues-tinged classic rock, music that ignores all recent trends and any ideas of coolness and just goes straight for being really good. They’re releasing their second full-length, ... more info