L.A. Times - Entertainment — In 1994, John Oswald turned live recordings of the Grateful Dead's 'Dark Star' into an epic sonic collage. 20 hears later, he reworked the early mash-up into an even more-expansive three-LP edition.In 1994, John Oswald turned live recordings of the G... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Before they formed Beachwood Sparks and The Tyde, Brent and Darren Rademaker spent a good chunk of the '90s making noise with their band Further. (Not to be confused with Grateful Dead offshoot Furthur.) Having survived life... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — In late 1974 the Grateful Dead were battening down the hatches and taking refuge from the storm of popularity that had pushed them into larger venues, stage setups and crews. As the age old saying goes ‘more money, more problems’. Jerry had slink... more info

Stereogum — The Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia would have been 72 years old at the beginning of this month and Real Estate celebrated his birthday at their show in San Francisco on Friday by playing a cover of “He’s Gone,” which was a favorite in their liv... more info

Stereogum — MyMusicRx is a service that brings music to hospitalized children with cancer. In a new video created by the organization, Ryan Adams performed a cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Wharf Rat,” saying he likes to listen to the Dead when he feels out ... more info

Mercury News, California — There are few terms in the American cultural lexicon these days more deeply familiar than the term 'Grateful Dead.' You could probably find someone under the age of 60 who's never heard the term, but it would take you a few days, or weeks. more info

ContactMusic — Janelle Monae, The Doors' Robby Krieger and Skrillex will join Grateful Dead star Mickey Hart for the annual Superjam at this summer's (14) Bonnaroo... more info

NME — Members of The Doors and The Grateful Dead will also star in dubstep producer’s Bonnaroo festival set more info

Stereogum — Lately, Justin Vernon has been playing a few random shows with the North Carolina band Megafaun, his friends and former DeYarmomd Edison bandmates. They played a secret show in Durham together, and then Vernon joined them for a Johnny Cash cover in D... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We recently mentioned that Megafaun were on a short tour which wraps up in NYC TONIGHT (5/2) at Baby's All Right (tickets) and that SPECIAL GUESTS are promised. We still don't know for sure who the guests at tonight's... more info