Live Daily — On paper, the mere thought of 68-year-old Bob Dylan [ tickets ] croaking his way through a set of Yule-tide standards could have inspired the brains behind the "Golden Throats," those collections of hilariously bad recordings, to start compiling a ho... more info

Altsounds — Paris combo *Herman Dune* return to the U.S. this fall to headline select cities in support of their forthcoming digital-only EP *Don't Lie About Me* (Everloving). The 5-track release contains four songs previously unavailable outside of France, incl... more info

Live Daily — The Pogues [ tickets ] haven't written new material in years, but according to guitarist Phil Chevron, the shows stay fresh because of the strength of the original material. "It is some of the best material of the past 20 or 30 years," Chevron sai... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Absolutely Nothing.mp3 : The Skids - And The Band Played Waltzing Matildamp3 : The Pogues - And The Band Played Waltzing MatildaI can forgive Richard Jobson for all his pretentions simply for the fact that his inclusion of this song on Joy, the fina... more info

NME — Shane Mcgowen and co begin tour next month more info

Rolling Stone — All four members of U2, Scarlett Johansson, Courtney Love, Antony, Martha and Rufus Wainwright and many more will take the stage at a (RED)NIGHTS concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall on October 4th. “Hal Willner Presents: An Evening with Gavin Fri... more info

Guardian Music — Scala, LondonBefore Alice in Chains' first song is halfway finished – a version of Rain When I Die from the band's 1992 breakthrough album Dirt – the front rows of a packed Scala are reaching out to press the flesh of lead singer Willia... more info

8/1 — We are not scared of being blunt about what the references are in our music. For instance, if you look at our name, The Raveonettes, it's a complete direct reference to The Ronettes and Buddy Holly's Rave On! So, in that sense, we're pretty clear abo... more info

JamBase — WE GO UNPLUGGED AS OUR THOUGHTS WING NORTHWARD This morning we find ourselves thinking of back porches and non-amplified stages, acoustic music on the brain as this year's Northwest String Summit gets underway. Our faithful scribe Sarah Hagerma... more info

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