ContactMusic — She has been the Talk Of The Town for decades and now we get to salute the great Pretender herself - Chrissie Hynde turns 60 today (07Se011). The Ohio-born rocker was a big part of the burgeoning London punk scene in the mid-to-late 1970s after leavi... more info

Guardian Music — As UK independent labels count the cost of the CD warehouse fire, buy digital to save physical, urges Chris SalmonIt's been an awful week for many of the UK's best independent labels, whose stock was destroyed in the Sony DADC warehouse fire in Enfie... more info

ContactMusic — Robbie Williams claims Chrissie Hynde hates him because he refused to take her offer of working on a song together seriously. The 37-year-old singer opened up about a meeting with The Pretenders singer over 16 years ago where she asked him to finish.... more info

Powerpopulist — The Fire Apes - Hey Kate! mp3from their May 23 releaseA Life In LettersThese simmerin' simians from South Carolina have put out a hot piece of perfectly pure powerpop. Listing such influences as Fountains of Wayne, The Pretenders, Green Day, and some... more info

Powerpopulist — We should be embarrassed going 2+ weeks without posting and then returning with another MotS thingy. So, okay, like, maybe we blush. (The music's pretty stellar, though, in our haughty opinion, so there's that.) We thank the hostbloggers vewy, vewy m... more info

Metalsucks — Pain — which, in case you didn’t know, is the Peter Tägtgren project that isn’t Hypocrisy — have a released a new video, for the track “The Great Pretender,” and… well, it certainly held my interest! The obvious joke would be to call ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Noel Gallagher is a guest Dj on 100.3 The Sound on Sunday 24th April, at 6pm Pacific Time.The show is called "My Turn" and is one of The Sound's most talked about on-air features where artists and personalities take over The Sound airwaves. It happen... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Jizzrelics said... Eric Dolphy - The Complete Uppsala Concert http://jizzrelics.blogspot.com alonsii said... L'ARBRE DE LES 1000 MÚSIQUES,PROGRAMA 17-2-11 1-TIM STORY-After 4 O'Clock 2-Armenian Navy Band-agua natural seeds 3-Art ceilidh-Dos tontos ... more info

Mjsbigblog — ‘American Idol’ on the scene for Top 9 results show: The Idoldome is mad as hellPia performed her swan song, the Pretenders’ “I’ll Stand by You,” which ironically begins: “Oh, why you look so sad? / Tears are in your eyes.” And for t... more info

VH1 Blog — Foo Fighters: Back and Forth premieres on VH1 April 8. Foo Fighters: Back and Forth, which premiered to a cheering audience last night at SXSW in Austin, opens with Dave Grohl looking back at his time as Nirvana’s drummer. He says the trio knew s... more info