ContactMusic — PEARL JAM star EDDIE VEDDER helped U.S. TV funnyman CONAN O BRIEN celebrate his 47th birthday in style on Monday night (19Apr10) when he adapted a JOHN LENNON song for the... more info

411 Mania — Long-rumored hidden backyard stash may have been uncovered... more info

NME — Amy and Blake again, Alex Turner's Coachella, Jamie Hince's naked Kate Moss photos – your music gossip stop more info

411 Mania — From Thom Yorke's The Eraser to GZA's Liquid Swords to John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band, check out the list of the Top Ten Solo Albums and see what was number one, all in this week's edition of 411 Music Ten Deep! more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — The original version of the Yoko Ono-penned "Give Me Something", from Oko and John Lennon's final record together, 1980's Double Fantasy, is a spiky new-wave tune featuring a particularly angry vocal performance by the legendary avant-garde artist. R... more info

ContactMusic — Aaron Johnson thinks his outfit in 'Kick-Ass' makes him look like a "gummy bear". The British actor - who came to fame playing John Lennon in biopic 'Nowhere Boy'... more info

Stereogum — Ono’s Between My Head And The Sky, (the first album under the Plastic Ono Band name since 1975) was surprisingly great, but she hasn’t stopped commissioning remixes of her older work. This remix of “Give Me Something” comes from a digital-onl... more info

NME — Catholic Church let's John Lennon's 1966 comment go more info

Guardian Music — For popular culture, a dash of the psychedelic can be truly inspirational. When it comes to high art, drugs are perniciousIt is 1966. The Beatles' Revolver has just been released, and the most popular group in the world have been introducing their li... more info

Mjsbigblog — My powerlist for the Season 9, Top 9 redux, after the jump!  I keep Crystal Bowersox in first place, with a caveat, Mike Lynch takes a hit,  things are looking up for Katie Stevens and Lee DeWyze and Casey James have juice. How do you rate th... more info