Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Daft Punk, Method Man • Pearl Jam Rule Austin City Limits • Thom Yorke Debuts Solo Band in L.A. • Eminem Talks Relapse 2 on Shade45 • Melissa Etheridge Returns to Raw Rock • U2 Join Johansson, More at Friday Benefit • AFI... more info

Live Daily — In keeping with Austin City Limits Festival tradition, fans who turned up at the beginning of Day 1 entered Zilker Park in Austin, TX, to the theme of Star Wars. According to the event's website, tens of thousands turned out to take part in the 2... more info

Stereogum — There was dust, rain, then mud. There was Eddie Vedder, sitting in with Kings Of Leon and calling Perry Farrell up onstage with Pearl Jam during a reportedly monstrous, festival headlining two-hour set. There were Brooklynites and Brits, Dave Matt... more info

Rolling Stone — For the last 17 years, the going story on Pearl Jam was that they were a band that prided themselves on a willful disregard for expectations. The bullet-points are so frequently recited they can almost be announced in unison: their repudiation of the... more info

Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Records – Hollywood 1.) Various Artists – Where The Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968 2.) Pearl Jam – Backspacer 3.) Monsters of Folk – Self-Titled 4.) Jay Z – Blueprint 3 5.) Noisettes – Wild Young Hearts 6.) Muse – Resis... more info

The Music Fix — Review: Hail, hail, etc. more info

Stereogum — Hey Pearl Jam, Phoenix see your Target tie-in and raise you one Wal-Mart endorsement that also pimps Axe hair products. Watch at walmart.com. Apparently Axe has a product called Phoenix? Quelle coincidence (that's French for LOL). more info

Live Daily — It's nothing new to see Eddie Vedder take the stage toting a bottle of wine and a folder of papers as he did Wednesday (9/30) at the first of four sold-out nights at the Gibson Amphitheatre. For this tour of 15 shows in eight cities, though, those pr... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The band rode wave after wave of its music, surfing steadily through its songs' curls and switch ups. The sound was excellent and the size of the venue let fans and band connect. ... more info

Pop Candy — I'm jealous of everyone attending this weekend's Austin City Limits music festival. The lineup includes Pearl Jam, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Dave Matthews Band, The Decemberists, Andrew Bird, Girl Talk, The Dead Weather and dozens more bands. So good!... more info