Dlisted — When In Rome! “This is my favorite Pet Shop Boys song! Or is it my favorite Depeche Mode Song? My favorite New Order song?” is what an uneducated me probably said many times in the late 1980s every time The Promise came on the radio. But none of... more info

Stereogum — Ahead of Radiohead's headlining performance at the UK's Glastonbury festival next week, Thom Yorke sat down with Matt Everitt to talk musical firsts on BBC 6 Music 6's The First Time . As Pitchfork reports, in addition to formative experience watchi... more info

KEXP Seattle — They may not have made the majors like The Replacements and Hüsker Dü did, but Minneapolis-based band Arcwelder were more than a perennial local favorite, cracking John Peel’s Festive Fifth countdown in 1992 and getting crowned NME‘s “Pun... more info

Stereogum — Finn Wolfhard, the teenage actor who plays Mike Wheeler in Netflix's unstoppable '80s nostalgia delivery system Stranger Things, has developed a busy side hustle as a rock 'n' roller. He's covered Nirvana in a home video and New Order at a big benefi... more info

Stereogum — Last night, Stranger Things kid and future It star Finn Wolfhard hosted Strange '80s , a benefit concert for Sweet Relief that featured "Weird Al" Yankovic, Sarah Silverman, Tenacious D, and more covering '80s anthems. Wolfhard also did his part by ... more info

New York Times — The director, who died on Wednesday at 73, was a self-described “fanatical rock ’n’ roller,” who worked with New Order, Talking Heads, Neil Young and others. more info

Chicago Tribune — Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age and punk veterans Jawbreaker will headline Riot Fest when it returns Sept. 15-17 to Douglas Park. The lineup also includes New Order, Paramore, rap-rock all-stars Prophets of Rage (a collaboration among member... more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus Patti Smith, Sufjan Stevens, Alabama Shakes, Ben Harper, and more sing "People Have the Power". more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 2017 edition of the annual Tibet House Benefit at Carnegie Hall happened Thursday night (3/16) with its usual impressive lineup of musical talent and some very interesting pairings. It also doubled as a birthday party for Philip Glass. Continue ... more info

Stereogum — Every year, the Tibet House US nonprofit throws a big benefit show at New York's Carnegie Hall, and it always features a whole ton of rock and avant-garde legends, many of them performing songs they wouldn't ordinarily do. Last night was the 30th ann... more info