Brooklyn Vegan — photo by Neil Krug Queens of the Stone Age bassist Michael Shuman also fronts the band Mini Mansions, who put out their sophomore album, The Great Pretenders, last month on T Bone Burnett's Electromagnetic Recordings/Capitol Records (Burnett's first ... more info

Stereogum — Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner joined Los Angeles’ Mini Mansions — a group that includes Queens Of The Stone Age bassist Michael Shuman — on stage at their show in London last night. Turner sang his verse on “Vertigo,” a new song that ... more info

Perez Hilton — He's making a list, he's checking it twice, but Alena Rose Jonas could care less. [ Related: Happy Birthday, Kevin Jonas! ] Joe Jonas posted this adorable family photo of his brother Kevin Jonas, Kev's wife Danielle Jonas, and their daughter Alena Ro... more info

The Telegraph — Rare and unseen pictures from new book about Freddie Mercury, who died on November 24 1991 more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by PSquared Chrissie Hynde @ Beacon Theatre 11/5/2014 Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders arrived at the Beacon Theatre, at 2124 Broadway on the Upper West Side, in a horseless e-carriage. She was set to perform at the theater Wednesday... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo by Dean Chalkley Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde released her first-ever solo album, Stockhom, earlier this year (though even Chrissie said the new album was "more of a collaboration than [her] last Pretenders stuff"), and now she'll be suppor... more info

Mercury News, California — Also on tap: Shawn Colvin, Mex I Am Fest, Chris O'Connell and the Smartalecks; closing weekend for 'The Great Pretender' at TheatreWorks. more info

The Telegraph — Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde is releasing Stockholm, her first solo album. Here discusses the story behind it. more info

Stereogum — Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde is putting out her new solo album, Stockholm, and she stopped by The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon and The Colbert Report to talk and perform some of those songs. Below you can watch her play the previously relea... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher It's your first solo album but in many ways the Pretenders have felt like a solo band for a long time, where they just a flag of convenience? 'I always said the Pretenders is a band. I... more info