Altsounds — Los Angeles' rock-band Living Things recently penned a brand new song, "Har Megiddo," and have just released a powerful art-house style music video for the song. The video was directed by Floria Sigismondi (The White Stripes, The Cure, Interpol),... more info

Stereogum — The vaguely snarky but ridiculously informative VH1 video-trivia show Pop-Up Video is totally back, and it’s lately shone its spotlight on a couple of indie-ish artists. Recent episodes have included pop-up treatments of the Malloys’ video for Va... more info

Perez Hilton — And you know what? We like it. Taylor Momsen and The Pretty Reckless are touring Europe with Evanescence and even though they won't have any new material for a new album until 2012, they're still breathing new life into their show by doing a cover o... more info

411 Mania — A seven nation army couldn't hold me back... more info

NME — See Taylor Momsen and co put their own spin on Jack and Meg White's classic more info

Soul Sides — The folks at Cultures of Soul have a new CD/LP out – World’s Funkiest Covers – and obviously, this is of interest to moi! There’s some of my personal favorites on here, including Nostalgia 77′s wicked remake of “Seven Nation Army” by t... more info

Guardian Music — Country singer cancels two concerts but, according to her website, is 'doing well' and plans to resume touring in NovemberCountry singer Loretta Lynn has been hospitalised with pneumonia, forcing her to cancel two concerts. The 76-year-old is "doing ... more info

NME — NME's sister paper also include Nirvana, Blur and The White Stripes in their top 50 more info

NME — Former White Stripes man records version of 'Achtung Baby' track more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — L.A. Unheard checks out the Dead Ships, a duo that recalls the Black Keys and the White Stripes. more info