Starpulse — Check out a new behind-the-scenes video from Tokio Hotel, Howie Day's latest, South Africa's Just Jinjer, Wolfmother's latest 'Transmission From The Cosmic Egg', and a live R.E.M.[...] Read more! more info

Altsounds — Got another video for you, to lead up to the Oct 27 release of R.E.M.'s Live at the Olympia. AOL has the video for "Man-Sized Wreath" (Live from Dublin). AOL's Spinner.com premiered the video today, and here's what they had to say: "One of t... more info

Guardian Music — Artists including Thom Yorke, Michael Stipe, Dinosaur Jr, Frank Black and Mercury Rev have chipped in on an album of Mark Mulcahey cover versions that left the bereaved singer misty-eyed"Someone said, 'Hey, what's going on with that record?' I said, ... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Katopodis/Getty Jennifer Hudson and the Roots’ ?uestlove will help celebrate the 70th anniversary of the The Wizard of Oz with a special concert in New York’s Central Park on September 29th. More details on the unique show and ticket info... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Big Star served as a Rosetta stone for a whole generation of musicians." -Peter Buck, R.E.M. Rhino is releasing Big Star's 4-disc boxed set which includes 98 tracks spanning from 1968-1975. This power pop band created music that turned artists... more info

Music for Robots — TGIF, robots, am I right? It's Miller time. High fives all around. Darlings - If This Is Love. God only knows why I started thinking about this (a long commute makes you do the damndest things), but the other day, I began wondering what punctuat... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Sakalli said...Moses - Changes (1971) (@256)http://sakalli.blog.hrBruxa do Vinil said...Grupo D'Alma - D'Alma (1981)[Som da Gente SDG-007/81]Feat:Ulisses Rocha (acoustic guitar - right)Rui Salerne (acoustic guitar - left)André Geraissati (acoustic... more info

Allmusic Blog — The controversial death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones will receive renewed investigation this year. Journalist Steve Jones recently handed 600 pages of documents regarding Jones’ accidental death/murder to local police, reportedly in... more info

Rolling Stone — R.E.M.’s double album Live at the Olympia isn’t due until October 27th, but Michael Stipe and Co. are giving fans an early taste with their second video shot during the Dublin “working rehearsals.” As Rolling Stone reported, French filmmakers... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Noel Gallagher was my near neighbour when Oasis burst on to the scene in 1993. I interviewed them first, but even then you could sense this combustible band might not live for everNew bands can be extremely delicate. Some local chancers had decided t... more info