Guardian Music — Residents of a small town in Nevada are fighting their annual cricket infestation with a new kind of pesticide – classic rock'n'roll played all the way up to 11Forget pesticide and flamethrowers, inhabitants of the Nevada desert have turned to... more info

NME — Brandon Flowers reveals band's US ambitions more info

Guardian Music — Today, we beat the drum for this mighty percussion instrument in all its bowel-rumbling brillianceWhat is it? The sound of distant thunder! The noise of tumbling avalanches! The booming heartbeat of the universe! Also known as that bloody big drum th... more info

JamBase — OLD WARHORSES REUNITE FOR FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS A quarter of a century is a long time between gigs, but happily Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck appeared live together this past week when His Blondness made a surprise appearance at Beck's El Rey Theater p... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — After 15 years we now have the follow up volume to Brooklyn sound artist/laminator Egnekn Montgomery's 8 Track Magic, a CD compendium of the sounds of damaged 8-track tapes. The first volume took a thrift-store Led Zep IV cartridge (purchased... more info

Rolling Stone — Although you could hear the eerie, creeping and tantalizing sounds being made by Sonic Youth, legendary Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones and Takehisa Kosugi at the start of their performance at New York’s Brooklyn Academy of Music Saturday nigh... more info

411 Mania — Was there anything wrong with the recording of the new Metallica album? How did Led Zeppelin revolutionize recording rock? Why do newer albums sound louder? For these questions and more, clink the link and discover why the production on albums matter... more info

Guardian Music — Do you know your grindcore from your hair metal? What is shredding - and can it be dangerous? And how many types of doom are there? Tim Jonze has all the answersFor those fond of middle-aged men in short trousers belting out double entendres, there i... more info

Music Mule — What? Darker My Love Yep them again! Your last chance to catch this awesome band on this current UK stint. See my review from KCLSU for a better picture. For Fans Of: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Led Zeppelin. When? Sunday, ... more info

XFM.co.uk — A host of the most glittering rock'n'roll stars line-up to pay tribute to this year's inductees. Metallica, as rumoured, tip their hat to Spinal Tap… more info