Sweeping The Nation — *The* 1975, because pop SEO has to work in STN's favour at some time. The year of Rollermania, Whispering Grass, Sailing and the UK's best selling album being The Best of the Stylistics. Disco took off with plentiful American number ones and ... more info

Stereogum — Every year, London's Meltdown Festival brings in a major artist to curate and headline; in past years, heavyweights like David Bowie, Patti Smith, Ornette Coleman, Morrissey, Yoko Ono, and David Byrne have done it. This year, it's M.I.A. doing the ho... 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

USA Today Music — A-list actors rub shoulders with Patti Smith and Iggy Pop in the Austin music drama.             more info

Stereogum — Terrence Malick's new movie Song To Song premieres at SXSW today (and is in select theaters next Friday, 3/17), and today a clip featuring Patti Smith giving some life advice to Rooney Mara has surfaced via Rolling Stone . In the clip, she talks abo... more info

Detroit Free Press — Brian McCollum breaks down notable Detroit concerts, March 9-15.             more info

Consequence of Sound — Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara star alongside Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, and Lykke Li. more info

Consequence of Sound — Sri Lankan pop provocateur follows in the footsteps of David Bowie, Patti Smith, David Byrne, and others. more info