Aquarium Drunkard — It’s kind of hard to fathom that, at one time, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers were a band that a lucky punter could see in a small club. Fortunately, Shelter Records had the foresight to record the group on a night when they were most definitely ‘... more info

Stereogum — Ryan Adams had a big 2014. His self-titled album was his best in almost a decade, and one of the best Tom Petty albums that Tom Petty didn’t release last year. Critics and fans were both into it, and he settled into a great groove with this stuff l... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Leading up to the release of Deerhunter’s seventh long player, Fading Frontier, Bradford Cox revealed a “concept map,” drawing together some influences on the group’s latest work. Amongst the musical clues are influences as disparate as Lauri... more info

Stereogum — The story behind the creation of Warren Zanes’ forthcoming Tom Petty biography is an interesting one: Though Petty gave Zanes plenty of access to his life in order to write a complete story, it’s still considered “unauthorized.” Petty decided... more info

Perez Hilton — Now here's a voice of reason! Music legend Tom Petty regrets using the Confederate flag at concerts and performances in his past, apologizing for doing so in a new and very honest article, out today. With the Confederate flag coming down in South Car... more info

Time — "It was dumb and it shouldn’t have happened" more info

Stereogum — Ever since the horrific racist mass murder in South Carolina last month, we as a society seem to be reassessing what it means to throw images of the Confederate battle flag anywhere. Various states, including South Carolina, have decided to stop flyi... more info

Stereogum — One of the great things about rock stars growing old is they begin to buy into their own mythologies. This spurs them to release things like Tom Petty’s new collection, Wildflowers – All The Rest: a bunch of songs he wrote from 1992-1994 that did... more info

The Telegraph — Ivor Novello nominations include Stay With Me, the Sam Smith song that bears more than a passing resemblance to a Tom Petty hit more info

L.A. Times - News — more info