Metalsucks — Not-at-all-metal musician Ryan Adams’ love of extreme music is not news, and the dude has already covered Iron Maiden’s “Wasted Years” and Alice in Chains’ “Down in a Hole.” Now Metal Insider tells me that Adams has been doing an acou... more info

Chorus.fm — Check out *William Beckett (http://www.absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?do=showdetails&l=48402)* and *Cara Salimando (http://www.carasalimando.com/)* covering Ryan Adams' "Come Pick Me Up" in the replies. more info

Chorus.fm — *Ryan Adams* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/ryanadams)' iTunes Sessions EP can be streamed here (http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/spinner#/4). more info

The Late Greats — Neal Casal is known for being a guitarist for Ryan Adams & The Cardinals AND The Chris Robinson Brotherhood. But he also makes his own music. His tenth album – Sweeten The Distance – comes out next month on Royal … Continue reading → more info

Stereogum — Among musicians who don’t actually make metal, Ryan Adams is one of the biggest metal fans; he’s right up there with John Darnielle. And he’s never been shy to cover old triumphant metal tunes in his own solo-acoustic way; we posted his version... more info

Guardian Music — The singer reveals details of her fifth album, Little Broken HeartsNorah Jones has announced details of her fifth solo album, her first to be produced by Danger Mouse, aka Brian Burton. The two first collaborated for Danger Mouse's 2011 album, Rome. ... more info

Pop Justice — As you may have noticed, the Brits are happening tonight. The shortlists this year are pretty shocking in the main (where is Sak Noel in International Male?!?) but from the options we've been given we've picked our winners, and we've also taken a gu... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Ryan Adams performed the first of two sold out nights at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts was there to review it. more info

Stereogum — On the latest episode of The Donaghy Files, a 30 Rock spinoff of animated webisodes, Alec Baldwin’s character finds himself tasked with throwing together a Super Bowl halftime show but unable to pay any clearance fees. This somehow leads to him bri... more info

Guardian Music — London band put their wetsuits on to record new albumThe Vaccines' second album will "definitely" be released this year. The follow-up to last year's breakthrough debut is set to be recorded in March, with producer Ethan Johns."It'll definitely be ou... more info