Rolling Stone — The Band: Lovvers The Buzz: UK band cranks out grimy, punky hotrod rock and roll Listen If: You long for the second coming of the Ramones, but this time wish they had sped-up sci-fi vocals Key Track: “Wasted Youth,” the sound of a ’50s drag rac... more info

Ryan's Smashing Life — FILE: SPRING FLU SEASONThis post isn't autobiographical. A friend is sick today (and if you check your facebook or myspace updates closely, I'm sure one of your pals is under the weather too.) Here's to getting better soon - and as always, great musi... more info

Idolator — I really have no idea if Marky Ramone is as big in Mexico as Miley Cyrus is everywhere there are tweenage girls. Perhaps south of the border the former Ramones drummer and his current band still cause aging ladies to fling underthings onstage and you... more info

ContactMusic — Former THE RAMONES star MARKY RAMONE has been forced to cancel a concert in Mexico following a "life-threatening" security scare which left one of the band's crew ... more info

Idolator — Hey, it's a list! Let's argue about it? Esquire has published an "unranked, incomplete, yet highly tasteful and informative" rundown of 75 long-players that "every man should own" with the usual bite-sized commentary the magazine devotes to these sor... more info

Guardian Music — Whatever new website Music That Makes You Dumb says about intelligence and record tastes, so-called clever music has always suckedFollowing the massive internet success of the website Books That Make You Dumb comes Music That Makes You Dumb, which ha... more info

A Deeper Shade of Soul — Talking Heads seem to be in the air these days. Whether in their obvious influence in bands like Vampire Weekend, or David Byrne’s continuing influence as both musician and thinker, their legacy continues to resonate even more powerfully with... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, Exclusive, Book ClubThey were a happy family ... or, something. If nothing else, Dee Dee Ramone and Vera Ramone King were punk's "first couple," long before Sid and Nancy's first kiss. And now Vera has lived to write a book about i... more info

Powerpopulist — I've caught flak for these MotS posts, but one of the "great" things about blogging is it takes all kinds. It certainly takes no courage to vouch for the following. Thanks to the everloving Machine for the consistently exquisite stock.The Beatles - I... more info

Stereogum — The recently reunited pop band will join the ranks of Cyndi Lauper and Lisa Loeb by appearing in the CW's realistic teen soap. (Thurston Moore and Jemina Pearl covered the Ramones for the series last fall, but didn't appear in the flesh.) No Doubt... more info