Guardian Music — Texas rockers Midlake grew up playing jazz, but fell headlong into a love affair with vintage rock. Here they talk about their latest fixations, and why the new album took three years to makeThe old town square looks like it was bought wholesale from... more info

MTV.com News — 'Give me somebody who's just really emoting and engaging and making you believe,' he says about contestants' song choices.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Jim Cantiello Randy Jackson Photo: MTV News Randy Jackson is making no apologies f... more info

Live Daily — Rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures [ tickets ] has lined up a few dates next month ahead of the band's opening-night appearance in April at the Coachella music festival. The group--Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana) on drums and Led Zeppelin's ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — It's that time of the year again, when all my Bonnaroo brethren are anxiously awaiting for the official lineup to be announced. The Roo crew usually release the lineup the first week of February, so it's only natural that the rumors and leaky lineup... more info

411 Mania — 411’s Dan Haggerty takes a look at the history of heavy metal starting with the 60’s. From the technology to the culture issues and finally the music that made music louder and heavier. Plus we have reviews of classic albums from ... more info

Guardian Music — Like Led Zeppelin and the Manics before them, MGMT are releasing their new album without the aid of any singles. But will this make fans judge their music differently?"We'd rather people hear the whole album as an album and see what tracks jump out r... more info

MTV.com News — Benefits for Hurricane Katrina, 9/11 and the Asian tsunami similarly called on celebs to help raise money.By Jayson Rodriguez George Clooney Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images George Clooney and Wyclef Jean have been burning the midnight oil... more info

Guardian Music — Academy, LeedsFrom the Spinal Tap "rockumentary" to Led Zeppelin's excess-all-areas ­biography Hammer of the Gods, young fans have long been fascinated with the early 1970s when dinosaur rock bands wrote long songs about goblins and had hotel room... more info

Rolling Stone — The second song from the Smashing Pumpkins’ massive Teargarden by Kaleidyscope project, “Widow Wake My Mind,” has premiered on MySpace Music and is now being offered as a free download on the official Smashing Pumpkins Website. Whereas debut Te... more info

Silent Uproar — According to statements made to Contact Music, Jimmy Page will make "radical musical statements" on his forthcoming solo album. In the Them Crooked Vultures vein, Page would like to take on "some [other] ambitious projects" now that a Led Zeppelin re... more info