Consequence of Sound — Also included are Amy Winehouse, Soundgarden, and the Animals. more info

New York Times — Beyoncé and Bowie, Chance the Rapper and Radiohead, Frank Ocean and Leonard Cohen — and much, much more. more info

BBC News - UK — Radiohead's bassist says vinyl is "more pleasurable" than digital downloads. more info

Stereogum — The Weeknd came to prominence in part by sampling underground totems like Beach House and Siouxsie And The Banshees, and he got into a fight with Portishead over his apparent use of their “Machine Gun” drums on his track “Belong In The World.�... more info

Chorus.fm — The full list of 2017 Grammy nominees has been announced. Some notable nominees: Blink-182, Panic! at the Disco, and Weezer are up for “best rock album,” Twenty One Pilots were nominated for quite a bit, and Bon Iver, Radiohead, and David Bowie a... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Today we follow up our albums of 2016 list with the much more interesting list of our 101 favorite songs of the year. Featuring a couple of inventive flips of Shangaan Electro and Tropicália samples in the top 3, the powerful opening missive from A ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sturgill Simpson is up for Album of the Year! Also, Chance the Rapper and Anderon Paak are up for Best New Artist. It's Beyonce vs Adele in tons of categories, plus there's Bowie, Radiohead, Iggy Pop, Underworld, PJ Harvey, Gojira, and much... more info

Consequence of Sound — Letter signed by 120-plus musicians demands justice for Standing Rock Sioux. more info

Chorus.fm — Sia, Karen O, members of Green Day and Radiohead, and over a hundred other musicians, have signed an open letter written by Kate Nash to President Obama regarding the North Dakota Access Pipeline: We are writing to express our shock at the treatment ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Coachella 2017 happens April 14-16 and April 21-23, and, while the lineup still hasn't been announced, a rumor is floating around on the headliners... Continue reading… more info