Guardian Music — The ex-Smiths guitarist has told the PM to stop liking the band. Other acts may have their own good reasons for rebuffing fans ...It's safe to assume that The Smiths have one fewer fan today, albeit – like a Patsy Kensit-less Strictly Come Dancing ... more info

Guardian Music — Guitarist uses Twitter to express his distaste at PM's name-dropping, adding definitively: 'I forbid you to like it'It has become something of a tradition for British prime ministers to name-drop a rock star or two in the hope that a bit of cool will... more info

All About Jazz — Los Angeles, CA—Possibly the most talked about debut CD of 2007 was the critically acclaimed eponymous release by California prog duo Days Between Stations. An enigmatic collaboration between Sepand Samzadeh and Oscar Fuentes, Days Between Statio... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Quietus reviews the two newest books in Continuum's 33 1/3 series on seminal albums, Radiohead's Kid A by Marvin Lin and Slint's Spiderland by Scott Tennent. GalleyCat is sharing a "literary mixtape" featuring excerpts from the year's best novels... more info

411 Mania — From The Rolling Stones, Queen, Tool and Slipknot to Portishead, Tori Amos, Radiohead, Stone Temple Pilots and more, the 411 Staff counts down their favorite artists of the alphabet from letters P through T! Check out the full article to see who mad... more info

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L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Weezer’s 1996 album, “Pinkerton,” is the rare mainstream rock record about being a giant creep. Not in a lecherous Rolling Stones way, nor like Radiohead’s mopey early career. No, “Pinkerton” is the kind of record on which the band’s Ri... more info

Perez Hilton — There was just something sublime about this! It was rock week on X Factor and the polarizing Wagner performed Radiohead's Creep, and, surprisingly, he was not bad. In fact, he was kinda awesome! We usually laugh at his performances and stop watching ... more info

NME — Frontman teams up with 350 Earth campaign group for project more info

NME — Wagner, One Direction, Mary Byrne and co to sing rock numbers more info