Chicago Tribune — Buddy Guy started his set passionately A steady rain didn't dampen the spirit of Booker T. Jones on Saturday at Taste of Chicago. Backed by the Drive-By Trucke... more info

Twangville — ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs), by Patterson Hood Patterson Hood’s last solo release was a somber acoustic affair. This one ain’t. In fact, this collection of songs from Hood’s archives is not dissi... more info

Stereogum — Kiss, Jane's Addiction, Eminem, Flaming Lips, Justice, Down, Widespread Panic, Drive-By Truckers, and others are playing New Orleans' 11th Annual Voodoo Experience this Halloween weekend (10/30-11/1) in City Park. Full lineup at thevoodooexperience.c... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Murdering Oscar (and other love songs), the second solo album by Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers, is out today (June 23nd). Its release coincides with Hood's Music Hall of Williamsburg show tonight, which is part of his ongoing... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Yesterday's updates to the 2009 Bonnaroo music festival live show downloads page include mp3s of a performance by the Drive-By Truckers, and bittorrent downloads of lossless shows by Wilco, Phish, Al Green, and Gov't Mule. The Chicago Tribune profile... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Cowboy Junkies: 1994-02-04, WNNX [mp3,ogg,flac] "Anniversary Song" [mp3] other Cowboy Junkies posts at Largehearted Boy Degenerettes: 2009-06-13, Baltimore [mp3,ogg,flac] "Queer for You" [mp3] other Degenerettes ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — loaded said...Blonde Redhead - Blonde RedheadSparklehorse - VivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplotSparklehorse - Good Morning SpiderElectronic - ElectronicElectronic - Raise The PressureElectronic - Twisted TendernessDevo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are D... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Yesterday's updates to the 2009 Bonnaroo music festival live show downloads page include mp3s of performances by Wilco and moe., and bittorrent downloads of lossless shows by Booker T. and the Drive-By Truckers, The Mars Volta, and moe.. Decider Bay.... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: ApSci: "Under Control" [mp3] from Best Crisis Ever (out August 11th) other ApSci posts at Largehearted Boy Drive-By Truckers: 2009-06-13, Bonnaroo [mp3,ogg,flac] "Potato Hole (with Booker T.)" [mp3] other Drive-B... more info

Guardian Music — No wonder ex Drive-By Trucker Jason Isbell became a musician: he grew up in America's hit factory, Muscle Shoals. He nominates his favourite tracks from the townIt was good growing up round Muscle Shoals, a little town of 18,000 people in Alabama, an... more info