Stereogum — In the run-up to his new album Ashes & Fire, Ryan Adams has been on, uh, fire lately. First there was the lovely, scaled-back new single “Lucky Now.” Then, there was the equally (and improbably) lovely cover of Iron Maiden’s “Wasted Years.”... more info

NME - The Daily Download — 1. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - 'If I Had A Gun' Try as little brother might to turn the whole post-Oasis experience into a puffed-chest pantomime, the story on Gallagher Sr’s side seems to be all one of freedom and ease at long last. Rathe... more info

Metal Injection — Some guy on YouTube ripped the audio from Ryan Adams performing Iron Maiden's Wasted Years the night before last (August 30). This cover is awesome. It makes me kind of, sort of, like Ryan Adams. Stay br00tal! more info

NME — Ryan Adams will release his 13th album in October more info

Topix — Ryan Adams announced a few years that he was taking a break from music, but you knew he'd be back. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Ryan Adams releases a new single, "Lucky Now." Ryan Adams' song sports the bummed-out acoustic intimacy of his solo reputation-maker "Heartbreaker." more info

Metalsucks — I’ve given Ryan Adams some shit in the past, but he seems to have a knack for doing good covers of metal songs. His version of Alice of Chains’ “Down in a Hole” is pretty good(although nothing beats the original, save for maybe AIC’s own U... more info

Stereogum — Last week, Ryan Adams hit us with the spare, gorgeous new track “Lucky Now.” This week, he hits us with a spare, gorgeous cover of a badass ’80s metal anthem. Appearing on BBC Radio 2 yesterday, Adams pulled out his guitar and played Iron Maide... more info

Popdose — Hear the first single from Ryan Adams' new album! more info

Stereogum — Historically, Ryan Adams has never been the type to wait years between albums. Somehow, though, we haven’t heard anything but archival releases and bizarre quasi-metal side projects from the man for quite some time. He’s all set to return with th... more info