ContactMusic — Veteran singer Leonard Cohen is writing another new album just months after ending his self-imposed seven-year recording hiatus The Hallelujah hitmaker released Old Ideas last month Jan12 after returning to the studio in 2011 to lay down his first ne... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Recently, the hottest music news seems to be dominated by classic artists.  There's Madonna at the Super Bowl.  The Velvet Revolver reunion.  The Van Halen reunion shows and new album.  Bruce Springsteen's got a new album. Ringo Starr and Paul Mc... more info

Stereogum — The story goes like this: Just a couple of years ago, Leonard Cohen was a septuagenarian retiree, more or less done with music, living in a Buddhist monastery in California. He stopped touring in 1993, and his last studio album, Dear Heather, came ou... more info

Nialler9 — The best of new album streams this week in A-Z form. See recent album streams in the category page. Blondes – Blondes Dan Sartain – Too Tough To Live Delorentos – Little Spark DJ Food – The Search Engine Heartless … Read More... → more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Stream the new Heartless Bastards album Arrow (out ) at NPR. Damien G. Walters recommends seven literary science fiction and fantasy novels. (via) Tablet profiles singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen. Rolling Stone interviews Cohen about his new ... more info

Time — It may not have another "Hallelujah," but it's a mesmerizing document of the late years of a master. more info

USA Today Music — Also new is country star Gretchen Peters' 'Hello Cruel World.' more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Legendary poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen releases a new album this week, Old Ideas. The Big Sleep's Nature Experiments, Gotye's Making Mirrors, and The Pines: Dark So Gold are all albums I have heard and can strongly recommend. One... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Guardian profiles author Elmore Leonard. With Leonard Cohen releasing his new album, Old Ideas, this Tuesday, the Montreal Gazette recommends several books about the legendary singer-songwriter. Lifehacker offers musicians tips to release music i... more info

Guardian Music — Music news, reviews and discussions from the last seven daysIn the news• This week we said goodbye to one of the great blues and soul singers, Etta James. Fans turned to Twitter to pay tribute and share their favourite songs. You can read our obit... more info