Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis As mentioned, Invisible Familiars (aka NYC singer-songwriter Jared Samuel) will release his debut album, Disturbing Wildlife, next week (1/27) via Other Music. Having worked with Martha Wainwright, Cibo Matto and Sean Lennon, Samuel's ... more info

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Stereogum — Swedish singer-songwriter José González appeared on a game show in his native country recently and performed a stripped down and folky cover of TLC’s classic track “Waterfalls,” no doubt inspired by Bette Midler’s rendition of it from a few... more info

Stereogum — Lennon or McCartney? Since the dawn of time, when man was capable of communicating only through guttural noises, primitive gesticulation, and humming a few bars of his favorite Beatles hits, this is the question that has been on the lips of people wh... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Yoko Ono — transgressive conceptual artist, widow of John Lennon, bane of Beatles fans, peace activist and enduring feminist icon — will receive a major solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2015, the organization announced o... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Debbie Harry, who recently played a John Lennon tribute in her hometown with fellow New York punk icon David Johansen and others, has six more appearances in NYC coming up. The Blondie singer will do a six-night residency at... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Long before he was a Beatle, John Lennon was expressing his feelings not through song but through drawings and sketches he loved to create. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Today (12/8) marks the 34th anniversary of John Lennon's death, and in honor of that his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney gave an interview to ABC News recalling when he first found out about the tragic news:"Just for days,... more info

Stereogum — Today happens to mark the 34th anniversary of John Lennon’s murder. His old bandmate Paul McCartney recently appeared on the UK’s Jonathan Ross Show, where he talked a bit about learning of Lennon’s murder and how awful that day was. Perhaps no... more info