LargeHeartedBoy — NPR is streaming the Alabama Shakes debut album, Boys and Girls. Apartment Therapy offers a slideshow of 15 writers' bedrooms. Weld profiles Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers. At Interview Magazine, Christopher Bollen interviews Heidi Julavits ... more info

KEXP Seattle — With everyone finally back from SXSW in Austin, the local concert calendar also picks up significantly this week. Starting on Monday, The Magnetic Fields begin the first of two night at the Neptune Theatre, followed on Tuesday night with the Drive By... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Times Ledger recounts Jack Kerouac's time living in Queens. The Arizona Republic lists 12 essential Drive-By Truckers songs. Mark Titus talks to Weekend Edition about his new memoir Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the... more info

Stereogum — It all started when former Drive-By Truckers member Jason Isbell tweeted “”Dierks” [Bentley] has officially ripped off my song “In A Razor Town.” Dierks is a douchebag” for Bentley’s song “Home,” a song written co-written Bentley, D... more info

Twangville — Glossary is a band that I have always defined by their (relatively) more mainstream friends. Lucero, Two Cow Garage, The Hold Steady, the Drive-By Truckers, and Conor Oberst have all praised the band effusively. Despite these endorsements, Glossary h... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — If you don't know about Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, I can safely say you're making some kind of giant mistake. Jason, formerly of the band Drive-By Truckers, released his fourth studio album called Here We Rest this year. This new video is for the... more info

Stereogum — Right now, Ryan Adams is on tour behind his excellent new album Ashes & Fire. And at a recent San Francisco show, he and opener Jason Isbell, the former Drive-By Truckers member, got together onstage to cover “Love In The First Degree,” the 1981 ... more info

KEXP Seattle — Jason Isbell didn’t come to the attention of the scene until he joined the Drive-By Truckers in 2001, but since his amicable departure from the band in ’07, he’s made a name for himself with a slew of solo work, alone and with his backing band ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin Drive-By Truckers @ Stubb's Y'ALL: Last Wednesday, I fell down and cut my hand. Fifteen stitches in my left palm. Wish I had a cool story, but I don't. The movie version would have me getting... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Flying Lotus @ Terminal 5 in 2010 (more by Brook Bobbins) Drive-By Truckers @ Terminal 5 in 2008 (more by Chris La Putt) today in NYC * Chola @ Barbes * Whiplash @ UCB * Blue Note Jazz Fest *... more info