L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Alt-rock nostalgia hung heavy in the pot-scented air Saturday night at Irvine’s Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, where recently resuscitated versions of Sublime, Stone Temple Pilots, Hole and Devo played KROQ-FM’s annual Weenie Roast concert. “Yo... more info

Mercury News, California — Modern rock, by the very definition of the term, shouldn't go hand-in-hand with nostalgia.Yet, the reality is that retro acts, ones long past their commercial heydays on the Billboard charts, are very important to the genre. more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — We first discovered the amazing tropical garage-psych-pop of 1960s Indonesian girl-group Dara Puspita last summer on a tip from Brian Weitz, and immediately tracked down everything we could find from the group, which wasn't a whole lot. The incompara... more info

MTV.com News — Show will give viewers inside look at rocker's home life.By Gil Kaufman Bret Michaels Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage We've seen Poison's Bret Michaels surrounded by a bevy of buxom, tattooed babes on "Rock of Love," watched him compete on "Th... more info

MTV.com News — 'I said, 'If I'm going out, I want to go out rockin',' ' he says on Wednesday's 'Oprah Winfrey Show.'By Kara Warner Bret Michaels Photo: Jason LaVeris/ FilmMagic Fresh off being named one of the top two finalists on "The Celebrity Apprentic... more info

Altsounds — This is the vi*de*o*clip for the advance single of :pa*per*cutz's new album "Do Outro Lado Do Es*pelho (Lylac Am*bient Reworks)" di*rected by Japan's ani*ma*tion re*ve*la*tion, Daihei Shi*bata. The song "Lylac (He*lios remix)" is a remix of :pa*pe... more info

Guardian Music — (Columbia)After two albums on independent labels, South Carolina's Band of Horses' major label switch accompanies a similar musical shift towards reaching a wider audience. However, a much bigger, more spacious sound has been achieved without sacrifi... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Ska-punk outfit Sublime with Rome [ tickets ] will continue introducing the nation to new frontman, singer/songwriter Rome Ramirez, on their in-progress road trip, which now extends through summer. more info

Chorus.fm — *Sublime with Rome* (http://www.sublimewithrome.com/), *Matisyahu* (http://www.myspace.com/matisyahu), and *The Dirty Heads* (http://www.myspace.com/dirtyheads) will be touring together in July. Dates in the replies. more info

Altsounds — Renée Fleming's new album 'Dark Hope', which the opera star describes as a "visit to a new, parallel universe," will be released by Decca this spring. The album was recorded in close collaboration with producer David Kahne (Regina Spektor,... more info