ContactMusic — Yoko Ono has teamed up with Patti Smith and Sonic Youth to raise cash for the survivors of the earthquake and tsunami disasters in her native Japan. The singer/artist performed with Sonic Youth and her son Sean Lennon at the first... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Rolling Stone reports that Patti Smith is working on a sequel to her memoir, Just Kids. The Telegraph profiles author Jennifer Egan. On sale for $3.99 at Amazon MP3: The Decemberists' The Crane Wife album. Five Chapters is serializing a... more info

Altsounds — *Yoko Ono Plays Two Benefit Shows For Japan March 29th with Patti Smith + Cibo Matto At Le Poisson Rouge March 27th with Sonic Youth, Sean Lennon + Cibo Matto At The Miller Theatre (Sold Out)* YOKO ONO & FRIENDS: TO JAPAN WITH LOVE Tuesday March 29... more info

Totally Fuzzy — matori_deda_strale said... 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 671. MEGADETH – Rust In Peace (1990) 672. DIGITAL UNDERGROUND – Sex Packets (1990) 673. PET SHOP BOYS – Behaviour (1990) 674. HAPPY MONDAYS – Pills ‘n’Thrills and Bellyac... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — It has been announced that Antony will join Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band, Cibo Matto, and Patti Smith for the benefit at LPR Tuesday. In other news, Antony has this coming:Antony and the Johnsons will release their four track... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Yoko Ono @ Chimera Night @ Elysium, SXSW 2011 (Anner Terada) "Sure, sure Kanye was playing somewhere in the city limits (with Jay Z as a special guest! OMG! #bigpimpin), but this was Yoko Ono, the queen of avant garde... more info

Guardian Music — Singer-songwriter Kate Nash is setting up girls-only after-school rock music clubs to encourage young musiciansKate Nash – tall, smiley, charismatic – talks in a rush when she's excited. Her words tumble over themselves, in fits and starts; she... more info

KEXP Seattle — Patti Smith’s 1975 album “Horses” is arguably one of the best debut albums of all time.  It also sparked the career of a poet and rock star that has lasted over four decades.  “Our real battle cry was not to save rock and roll, but to inspi... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Strokes are streaming their new album, Angles (out March 22nd), on their website. Author Jennifer Egan shares her love for the music of Patti Smith in the Observer. On sale for $2.99 at Amazon MP3: The Dodo's new album... more info

Guardian Music — An alternative history of pop would need to embrace Marsha Hunt, the Au Pairs and Zakk Wylde. Oh, and WestlifeI once wrote an article in response to a single released on 17 September 2001 that ended up being so long it became a book. I had been asked... more info