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

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — It’s a common held theory that you can’t criticise a charity record. The phrase ‘but it’s for a good cause’ is often used as a defence against a half thought out album compiled with little care for the listener and l... more info

8/1 — Yeni bir yardım albümü yine ünlüler karması yineyeniyeniden cover'lar. War Child, 15 ikona müzikal geçmiÅŸlerindeki en favori ÅŸarkısını ve ÅŸarkıyı kimin yeniden yorumlamasını soruyor. Ä°Åžte so... more info

Idolator — Remember in Dead Poets Society where they try to analyze poetry via graph and then Robin "O Captain My Captain" Williams tells them to rip up their books and then Eric Foreman's dad, Clarence Boddicker, makes House's friend kill himself? Well, peopl... more info