Mercury News, California — Ice-T, Hollies, Afghan Whigs, Joni Mitchell, Ry Cooder collections from Rhino should also prove popular this holiday season. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Overlake The annual Hoboken Spring Arts & Music Festival happens May 4 on Washington St. between Observer Highway to 7th St. from 11am to 6pm. This 2014 edition is the fest's 20th anniversary and features live music from Southside Johnny... more info

Consequence of Sound — A bite-sized digression on two different-yet-similar songs. Make sense? more info

Impose Magazine — Justin Angelo Morey and The Black Hollies are back, premiering their title track "Somewhere Between Here and Nowhwere" ahead of the new album's release October 22 from Ernest Jenning Record Co. Joining up with his Rye Coalition bandmates Herbert ... more info

Guardian Music — All-star cast bid for Christmas No 1 with cover version of Hollies classic He Ain't Heavy, He's My BrotherPaul McCartney will join Robbie Williams on the Hillsborough campaign's Christmas single, which is already the bookies' favourite to top the UK ... more info

Guardian Music — Academy, Manchester"Listen to the motor getting louder as we go," reads the message on Band of Horses' T-shirts, reflecting the band's upward momentum. After two albums on Sub Pop, their most recent two releases with Columbia – 2010's Grammy-nomina... more info

Powerpopulist — Yeh, we usually wait till we've built up a bigger cache, but we don't know when that Cotton Mather song will be . . . gone. And since we've got these other two excelentes in the cache, why not they, too? As always, many thanks to the generous blogger... more info

Starpulse — Former The Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash star Graham Nash is penning his memoir after signing a new deal with publishers Random House. The rocker reveals the story of his life sparked a biddi... more info

ContactMusic — Former The Hollies and Crosby Stills Nash star GRAHAM Nash is penning his memoir after signing a new deal with publishers Random House The rocker reveals the story of his life sparked a bidding warn among New Yorks top publishers and he eventually ch... more info

Guardian Music — Unsung members of Fleet Foxes prove they are both as fleet and as foxy as their leader. Take that, Robin Pecknold!Hometown: Seattle.The lineup: Christian Wargo, Casey Wescott, Ian Murray, Peter Murray.The background: Spin-off projects can provide an ... more info