L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The heavy commercial district that is Century City will be getting an injection of rock 'n' roll this summer. In conjunction with the upcoming exhibit “Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present,” KCRW-FM has revealed the l... more info

ContactMusic — Ex-member of the multiplatinum R'n'B group Tony! Toni! Tone!, Raphael Saadiq is asked if there will be a reunion tour as he walks through Venice, California. He makes an indiction that there will not and abruptly changes the subject. The singer/son... more info

Core News — “Tonight it was Gilles’ final show on Radio 1, with a studio full of friends and family! With clips from 2001′s NERD interview, a brand new Tigran Hamasyan and LV Maida Vale collaboration, a classic Raphael Saadiq session track and a crateful o... more info

Guardian Music — Singer says The Diving Board is his best solo LP 'in a long time'Elton John has announced his 31st studio album, which he has called "the most exciting solo record I've done in a long, long time". Mostly recorded with a two-piece band, The Diving Boa... more info

Mjsbigblog — Chris Daughtry tweets about the Esquire Song Challenge: "Just played guitar on @HamiltonAnthony song now about to watch him do his thang! http://twitpic.com/8kvaw4...We've been recording our own songs we wrote for the @Esquiremag songwriting challen... more info

Guardian Music — After the president tweeted his 2012 campaign playlist, we did a bit of headphone analysis. But what songs would you have included?President Barack Obama tweeted his 2012 campaign Spotify playlist on Thursday – which is in itself noteworthy in that... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — today in NYC * stuff @ Barbes * Skeletons @ The Stone * Daniel Kitson @ St Ann's Warehouse * The Front Bottoms, Mansions @ Maxwell's * Popa Chubby @ The Studio at Webster Hall * Lenny Kravitz, Raphael Saadiq... more info

Detroit Free Press — "18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards," 8 p.m. TBS, TNT "Luck" series premiere, 9 p.m. HBO Lenny Kravitz with Raphael Saadiq at the Fillmore Detroit Children of Bodom at Harpos more info

KEXP Seattle — Bon Iver, Wilco, Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Cut Copy, Radiohead, Raphael Saadiq, The Decemberists, Los Amigos Invisibles, Fleet Foxes, Gillian Welch, Femi Kuti, Tinariwen, Daft Punk… you might not believe that this is a list of nominee... more info

Guardian Music — R&B singer announces three concerts in 2012, suggesting his much delayed third album is finally due for releaseIs D'Angelo returning to the spotlight? After years of relative silence – marked by addiction, legal trouble and several cancelled releas... more info