Rollo & Grady — The Soft Pack Recommended Shows :: May 21st – May 27th Monday, May 21 Gothic Tropic @ Bootleg Theater Tuesday, May 22nd Spiritualized @ The Wiltern The Mark Lanegan Band @ Autry National Center Plaza Beck @ El Rey Theatre (Sold Out) Wednesday, May... more info

Guardian Music — (V2)Dave Gahan was a deep personal well of darkness: six minutes spent clinically dead following an overdose in 1996; a cancerous tumour in 2009. He draws on it extensively here. British duo Soulsavers have form in this area – their last collaborat... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — M83 @ The Riv lat week (more by James Richards IV) today in NYC * Undead Music Fest * Lotus, D.V.S.* @ Irving Plaza * Charles Brewer Trio @ Sycamore * Mark Lanegan Band @ Webster Hall * M83, I... more info

KEXP Seattle — Although he may have traded the misty forests of Washington for the sunny beaches of southern California, Mark Lanegan just can’t seem to shake the influence of the Northwest. one of the standout tracks on his excellent new album, Blues Funeral, th... more info

411 Mania — Mark Lanegan is back with a new solo album. Lanegan isn't screaming for the Trees anymore, but his voice is as strong as ever. Will the vocal powerhouse deliver another fine outing? Andy Rackauskas hopes that the blues is truly not dead when he ch... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Twelve or so years ago Birdman Records released More Oar, a 17 track tribute to the music of Alexander ‘Skip’ Spence. Outside of his work with Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape the compilation was my introduction to Spence’s solo work. Among ot... more info

Guardian Music — Leeds Metropolitan UniversityMark Lanegan has had an almost textbook outlaw passage to the black heart of rock'n'roll: heroin and crack addiction, homelessness, rehab and imprisonment and a road accident that almost killed him at the age of 20. Then,... more info

Nialler9 — Highlights: Jeff Mangum, Choice Music Prize,  Lianne La Havas, Yann Tiersen, Mark Lanegan, Tieranniesaur, Slow Magic, & Selebrities,  Future Islands. Photo portraits for the Choice Music Prize by Alessio Michelini. This is the weekly list of recom... more info

Guardian Music — Take a look at the gigs our writers will be reviewing this week, and tell us about live music you've seen recentlyEach week we publish a list of concerts our writers will be covering in the next few days, and we invite you to tell us about shows you'... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — They say:ATP are very pleased to confirm our return to Asbury Park, New Jersey USA with a new I'll Be Your Mirror event, the Saturday night of which will be headlined by The Afghan Whigs (who have reunited after... more info