Stereogum — This fall, the Byrds' Chris Hillman will release his first studio album in over a decade, Bidin' My Time. It was produced by Tom Petty at his studio in SoCal, and featured guests on the recording include fellow Byrds David Crosby and Roger McGuinn, H... more info

MSN Music — As the Byrds once sang, predicting the seasonal vagaries of the future of music retail: Turntable, turntable, turntable. The vinyl resurgence gets celebrated again in a big way with Saturday’s 10th annual April edition of Record Store Day, chock fu... more info

Time —   The rock song about the glory of being a rock star is practically a genre unto itself: There’s the Byrds’ “So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star,” and Joe Walsh’s “Life’s Been Good,” among others. But Chuck Berry was the first to ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Gene Clark — a founding member of the Byrds whose musical legacy is often overshadowed by those of his onetime bandmates Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Clarence White and latter-day member Gram Parsons — will get a salut... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Gene Clark — a founding member of the Byrds whose musical legacy is often overshadowed by those of his onetime bandmates Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Clarence White and latter-day member Gram Parsons — will get a salut... more info

MSN Music — 2017 is William Bell’s 60th year in the music industry. He’s 77 years old. Cream, the Byrds and Linda Ronstadt have recorded his songs. And this year, he’s up for his first Grammys. Strangely, they’re in what could be considered opposing cate... more info

Impose Magazine — Every so often, warranted or not, punk music offers a much needed reminder that the world isn’t always a beautiful place, and moreover, that not everyone is always content to live in it. Tropical Skin Byrds, the new project from Nina Hartmann, ZZ R... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Brooklyn's austere, baroque The New Lines are back with their third album, Love and Cannibalism, which is out Friday, December 2 via Feral Child. With Hewson Chen's other band, Lake Ruth, mining krautrock and Broadcast-y territory, he takes... more info

Stereogum — David Crosby is a legend, but you already knew that. Between the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, & Nash (& sometimes Young), he’s been in some of the most foundational classic rock groups out there. These are the kinds of bands where entire genres and so... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — A half-century ago, a loose-knit community of young musicians working in Southern California were tinkering with new musical hybrids, experiments that led to the folk-rock sound of the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, the country rock of Linda Ronstadt... more info