Guardian Music — Once dubbed the Official Home of Rock, the festival famous for hosting metal monoliths has gone all indieWhen this year's Reading and Leeds festival lineup was announced at an industry party last night, you may have heard the distinct sound of rocker... more info

MTV.com News — Producer's lawyer says victim Lana Clarkson killed herself.By Gil Kaufman Phil Spector during closing arguments on Tuesday Photo: Lawrence K. Ho-Pool/ Getty Images Six years after actress Lana Clarkson died in Phil Spector's mansion, the j... more info

Guardian Music — The world of comics and pop have always colluded with mixed results, as two new publications proveWhenever one tries to make the case that comics and rock music are the sexy twins of popular culture, one immediately runs into the problem that neither... more info

411 Mania — Three women turn up the volume with a record that is equal parts Ramones and Bangles. Prepare to fall in love with Baby Shakes in this week's Thrifty Tunes. more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - These three rocking 13 and 14-year old girls (Sophie, Izzy, and Jena) put together a punk band, naming Patti Smith and The Ramones as their influences (good taste, huh?) And their name, CARE BEARS on FIRE, says... more info

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