Guardian Music — Combining melancholia with sunshine choruses, alt-country pioneers return to their best. ‘Life is dark, but with a beautiful melody,’ says founder Gary Louris Perseverance is a virtue many bands run out of after they reach a modicum of s... more info

Rolling Stone — Long before Americana music had a name, it had the Jayhawks. Formed during the heyday of Eighties hair metal, the band offered something different: a sound rooted in American country, British folk, harmony singing and the group's own version of root... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — The Jayhawks top this week's new music more info

Guardian Music — (Sham)Five years ago, the Jayhawks reunited, with original co-leader Mark Olson returning alongside Gary Louris, to release the delightful Mockingbird Time. Sadly, Olson is gone again for its follow-up, but Jayhawks fans need not fear, for album No 9... more info

Powerpopulist — Many thanks to the fabulous blogs hosting the following. Audacity - Dirty Boy - Still in Rock White Lung - Kiss Me When I Bleed - Side One Track One Colleen Green - Between The Lines - Side One Track One Summer Cannibals - Full Of It - Side O... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Dresden Dolls show at the Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk go on sale at 10 AM. Tickets for the Culture Club show at the Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk go on sale at 10 AM... Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — R.E.M.’s Peter Buck just announced the release of his new album, Warzone Earth, which he is calling his best solo work to date. Buck made the following statement via R.E.M.’s official website: I’ve just had an exciting couple of weeks working w... more info

Stereogum — Au Pair is a meeting of the minds between the Jayhawks’ Gary Louris and the Old Ceremony’s Django Haskins. They met while participating in a Big Star tribute concert in 2013, and that band’s power-pop is a big part of Au Pair’s DNA. “In Eve... more info

Mercury News, California — The Coup, Styx, Big Head Todd, Bush also among the month's best bets. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jessie Ware @ Webster Hall, 2013 (more by Robert Altman) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Jessie Ware @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple Jessie Ware has come a long... more info