Stereogum — It’s hard being Dave Davies. The Kinks member had to ask Elon Musk to stop putting warnings on all of the band’s tweets last year. Today, he was disappointed to see his Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame trophy up for auction on eBay. more info

Stereogum — The Killers are having fun this month. While celebrating 20 years of their seminal debut Hot Fuss , the band covered “Maps” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Gov Ball and “A Little Respect” by Erasure the evening before at Bowery Ballroom. On Fri... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival). ‘Til forever, on it goes, through the circle, fast and slow. Read our Sound Check column on the best of the best-ofs: CCR, Leonard Cohen, the Go-Betweens, New Order, Nick Cave & The Bad S... more info

Magnet Magazine — 50 years ago today, the Kinks released Preservation Act 2. Such a cruel lover. Read our cover-story Q&A with Ray Davies by Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan: The post The Kinks Released “Preservation Act 2” 50 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Ma... more info

JamBase — The Kinks' Dave Davies once again denied Jimmy Page’s involvement in the recording of “You Really Got Me.” more info

Stereogum — Melbourne quartet Parsnip play surfy retro rock ‘n’ roll that reflects stated influences like the Raincoats, the Kinks, and the B-52s. They’ll release new album Behold this spring on Upset The Rhythm, and they’re sharing its lead single �... more info

JamBase — The Kinks shared a Ray Davies-remixed version of their 1974 classic "Money Talks," set for the second installment in the band's 'The Journey' anthology series. more info

Aquarium Drunkard — In the summers of 1974 and 1975, one of the great Canadian cult rock ‘n’ roll groups left their mark on musical history. Yet despite how far ahead their electronically enhanced songs may have sounded at the time, the scorching recordings captured... more info

JamBase — The Kinks shared a previously unreleased live version of "Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)," set for the upcoming collection, 'The Journey - Part 2.' more info

Allmusic Blog — Your typical Kinks fan of the '70s and '80s did not own a stack of their albums and only one or two of their 1960s LPs scaled the upper reaches of the Billboard album chart. Author and contributor Daniel de Visé focuses on some of the highlights of ... more info