New York Post — For TV viewers of a certain age, Scott Patterson is synonymous with his “Gilmore Girls” character Luke Danes, the curmudgeonly, flannel-clad, backward-baseball-cap-wearing diner owner forever bantering with Lorelai (Lauren Graham). But before he ... more info

Stereogum — Angel Olsen and the Raincoats performed together last night at London’s Islington Assembly Hall as part of a series of collaborative concerts in honor of Rough Trade’s 40th anniversary. They played a mix of old and new Raincoats songs, Olsen song... more info

Uncut — Over 175 musicians appear in the “We Are Not Afraid” refugee aid campaign Over 175 musicians appear in the “We Are Not Afraid” refugee aid campaign The post Keith Richards, Patti Smith, Robert Plant, Bruce Springsteen appear in Refugee A... more info

New York Post — The Sex Pistols and the Clash stole all the headlines, but when it comes to British punk, it was the Damned who were first out of the blocks. The Londoners released their fast-and-furious first single “New Rose” 40 years ago this October — a fu... more info

Stereogum — Tidal is going hard on the charity events this week — and so is Alicia Keys. This weekend, Tidal livestreamed their own Tidal X benefit concert featuring Alicia Keys, and tonight, they’re streaming Keys’ AIDS nonprofit Keep A Child Alive’s 14... more info

KEXP Seattle — Monday, October 3rd: DJ Shadow, Noer The Boy at The Showbox (more info) Andrew W.K. at Neumos (more info) Patti Smith at University Bookstore (more info) Tuesday, October 4th: Robyn Hitchcock with Emma Swift at Fremont Abbey Arts Center (more info) D... more info

NME — Coldplay and Pearl Jam frontmen join forces at Global Citizen Festival more info

Stereogum — Coldplay’s Chris Martin curated this year’s star-studded Global Citizen Festival, and he took the stage in NYC’s Central Park to perform a brief surprise set with Eddie Vedder. Vedder played on New Zealand singer-songwriter Neil Finn’s 2001 a... more info

Consequence of Sound — The setlist includes songs by Pearl Jam, Crowded House, and Patti Smith. more info

Stereogum — The rock legend Patti Smith’s new project is an intriguing one. She’s teamed up with Soundwalk Collective, a sort of sound-art group based in New York and Berlin, and with her daughter Jesse Paris Smith to record the new LP Killer Road. The album... more info