Topix — Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo brings his solo project to Toad's Place in New Haven Monday night, May 7, as the opening act for M. Ward. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — As day one of weekend 2 of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival dragged on, a few artists seemed to have just as much fatigue as the sun-soaked audiences who came to see them. A look at performances from Frank Ocean, M. Ward Ximena Sariñana. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by David Andrako Refused/Levon Helm RIP - Friday @ Coachella The second week of Coachella 2012 (and unfortunately not streaming online this time around) kicked off on 4/20 and continues today, Saturday, Record Store Day...Once again this year,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Wiz Khalifa on stage w/ Snoop @ Coachella last weekend If Wiz Khalifa couldn't play on 4/20, he could at least put tickets on sale on the date. Wiz is headlining Jones Beach (WOAH!) on 8/2. Schoolboy Q and Kendrick... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — M. Ward at Newport Folk Fest 2011 (more by Jim Brueckner) As mentioned, M. Ward is set to kick off a tour with Lee Ranaldo in May which comes to NYC for a sold out show at Webster Hall on... more info

Chorus.fm — *M. Ward* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/mward)'s new album, A Wasteland Companion, is on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Q5D2MA/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=absolutepunk-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B007Q5D2MA&adid=06EVYK8TBV3DFJ9YTCWD... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Axl Rose might be one of the most polarizing figures in music.  The music world was reeling this week when Rose announced that he was snubbing the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame.  For the past twenty years, fans held out hope that the original line-up of... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The San Francisco Bay Guardian interviews Jay Rubin and J. Philip Gabriel about translating the works of Haruki Murakami. SFBG: How do you align yourself with the author so that even the subtlest aspects of their work are communicated? JR:... more info

ContactMusic — Jack White Pearl Jam Tony Bennett and John Mayer have written an open love letter to U S independent radio stations praising them for taking chances in their bold music choices The music stars joined other big names including Fleet Foxes and M Ward..... more info

Time — The singer/songwriter puts forth one of his best solo efforts more info