TMZ — They don't call 'em Steely Dan for nothing -- at least according to a former singer for the band, who claims the classic rock group stiffed him big time on royalties.David Palmer is suing the group, claiming his lead vocals on songs like "Dirty… ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Philip Pullman talks to the Telegraph about his twitter novel. Drowned in Sound interviews Annie Clark about the new, self-titled St. Vincent album. The Detroit News profiles singer-songwriter Stephen Malkmus. The Quietus reconsiders Steely Dan's Pre... more info

Consequence of Sound — Consider this the first volume of many to come. more info

Sweeping The Nation — The start of a very occasional series takes as its key point the obvious and undeniable fact that the list of NME covers on Wikipedia is the very best page on the internet. But why stop there? Why can't we chart the whole of pop culture by rise a... more info

Soul Sides — Here’s the deal: this song changed my life. It wasn’t the first hip-hop song I ever heard but it was the first one that really made me want to find everything I could that sounded like. It was my gateway drug into hip-hop which would irrevocab... more info

Topix — Walter Becker, left, and Donald Fagen of U.S. rock group Steely Dan perfom in the Stravinski Hall stage at the 43nd Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland, Saturday, July 4, 2009. more info

Starpulse — Cranky Steely Dan star Donald Fagen has blasted Bob Dylan and his Dukes of September tourmates Michael Mcdonald and Boz Scaggs in a new Rolling Stone magazine article. The 65-year-old rocker revea... more info

Impose Magazine — There's something fantastically incongruous about meeting up with Big Star drummer Jody Stephens at the Village, a hallowed Los Angeles recording studio. This is, after all, the site where some of the greatest monuments to the cocaine era – includi... more info

Mercury News, California — Catherine Russell is the daughter of pianist Luis Russell, who was Louis Armstrong's music director, and bassist/singer Carline Ray, who played with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm during World War II. She also has spent years singing backup ... more info

Consequence of Sound — It's Steely Dan meets the Beastie Boys" with production from Pharrell. more info