Pitchfork — Years before Nirvana and Nine Inch Nails took scuzzed-out sonics and transgressive imagery to the mall-rock mainstream, the Bay Area funk-metal spazzes in Faith No More violated every form of conventional wisdom and wound up playing bigger venues tha... more info

A Deeper Shade of Soul — Sometimes, I think, it’s got to be hard to be Bruce Springsteen. Even as he nears 60, there are many, many great expectations placed upon his music. While Dylan fans never know what to expect and are thrilled when Bob releases an album good ... more info

Tracksounds — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETHE INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION (IFMCA) ANNOUNCES ITS 2008 NOMINEES FOR SCORING EXCELLENCETHOMAS NEWMAN’S WALL*E LEADS THE FIELD WITH 4 NOMINATIONSJANUARY 16, 2009. WALL*E, the Pixar movie about a lone rob... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Niemeier / K&K Center of Beat / Retna Jimi Hendrix, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Police, Queen and Ennio Morricone were among those whose music was inducted into the Grammys Hall of Fame. Specifically, Hendrix’s famed Woodstock rendition of “Star-... more info

All About Jazz — PIONEERING JAZZ AND FUSION GUITARIST HITS ROAD IN EARLY '09 WITH WORLDLY NEW BAND Al Di Meola by Francesco Cabras Virtuoso guitarist Al Di Meola will be launching a national tour and releasing a new album in early 2009 with his new project, Al Di ... more info

JamBase — PIONEERING JAZZ AND FUSION GUITARIST HITS ROAD IN EARLY '09 WITH WORLDLY NEW BAND Al Di Meola by Francesco Cabras Virtuoso guitarist Al Di Meola will be launching a national tour and releasing a new album in early 2009 with his new project, Al Di... more info

Paste Magazine — For his past two movies, Kill Bill and Death Proof, Quentin Tarantino appropriated some of the music by noted film composer Ennio Morricone. No actual collaboration ever occurred, even though Tarantino was requesting that people write Morricone-esque... more info

Dlisted — Heather Matarazzo (26) Josh Peck (22) Eve (30) Brittany Murphy (31) Warren G (38) Ellen Pompeo (39) Tracy Morgan (41) Neil Gaiman (48) Mackenzie Phillips (49) Sinbad (52) Roland Emmerich (53) Jack Scalia (57) Ann Reinking (59) Tim Rice (64) Marilyn B... more info

Paste Magazine — Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif. Members: Kirpatrick Thomas, Dan Allaire, Henry Evans, Dave Koenig, Jason "Plucky" Anchando, Julie Patterson, Frankie Emerson, Marcos Diablero Fun Fact: Frontman Thomas used to work the merch table for Bri... more info

Wired - Listening Post — Revered composer and soundtracking innovator Ennio Morricone turns 80 on Monday, so Listening Post is celebrating his legacy all weekend. Why not start with his latest disciple Spindrift, which has upgraded the master's spaghetti sonics for the new m... more info