Stereogum — Once a year, the Kennedy Center selects a group of important, outstanding artists for its Kennedy Center Honors, feting its honorees with an all-star gala. The Kennedy Center just announced this year’s list of honorees, and as usual, it includes... more info

Magnet Magazine — 50 years ago today, the Grateful Dead released From The Mars Hotel. Ugly rumors. Read our Q&As with Bob Weir and Bill Kreutzmann and our review of essential National-curated Dead tribute Day Of The Dead: The post The Grateful Dead Released “From Th... more info

Magnet Magazine — 55 years ago today, the Grateful Dead released Aoxomoxoa. Doin’ that rag. Read our Q&As with Bob Weir and Bill Kreutzmann and our review of essential National-curated Dead tribute Day Of The Dead: The post The Grateful Dead Released “Aoxomoxoa”... more info

Obscure Sound — “Rose Gold” is a debonair rock charmer from Alexei Shishkin. Twangy guitars and bouncy bass complement the suave vocal delivery, successfully capturing a throwback rock nostalgia — described by the artist as “my attempt at making a Grateful D... more info

Stereogum — Bill Walton, the legendary basketball player and sportscaster, died of cancer this week at age 71. Walton, a California native, was widely beloved for his freewheeling West Coast approach to life, a lifestyle that included a passionate dedication ... more info

Antimusic Rock — ALP has released Grateful: The Music Plays the Band, a seventeen-track collection of some of the finest Grateful Dead songs more info

Stereogum — Like many radio operations, SiriusXMU often invites visiting artists to cover another artist’s song. We’ve recently heard Slow Pulp doing Lifehouse and Vampire Weekend doing the Grateful Dead. And during their visit this week, Waxahatchee pres... more info

JamBase — The Grateful Dead collected previously unreleased outtakes, alternate versions and mixes recorded during the spring of 1974 for 'From The Mars Hotel: The Angel's Share,' a new 16-track compilation. more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Agitation Free emerged in the early 1970s in the same Berlin circles as electronic experimentalists like Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel. But this killer 1974 concert from Cologne reveals them in their true form, a first-rate psychedelic jam band i... more info

JamBase — Vampire Weekend recently swung by SiriusXM studios to promote their new album and also covered the Grateful Dead's version of "Peggy-O." more info