NME — Jim Sabey says that record sales are still "really important" more info

Nialler9 — In a world in which U2 give away an album and Beyoncé releases an A/V album, it’s natural other established musicians with fanbases eager to hear material will do something similar. In Thom Yorke’s case, given Radiohead’s background of experi... more info

NME — Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. embraces his son in black and white shot more info

Stereogum — U2′s test press album art for Songs Of Innocence was always meant to be temporary, and now the band has revealed the official artwork for the physical release of their thirteenth studio album. It’s a black-and-white photo of drummer Larry Mullen ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Jonathan Dick 'I grabbed hold of it, and the rhetoric of change was rock and roll, the platform for change was rock and roll, the desirability, the inevitability of change was rock and roll.' Bob Geldof and The Boomtown... more info

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L.A. Times - News — more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Amid the volume of musical frequencies and written online responses to said frequencies this week, a few stood out. Among them: an analysis of the Minutemen's "Double Nickels on the Dime"; a punk singer's remarkable essay; a tip on a fantastic, unher... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — So you were upset that Apple sent you the new U2 album to your iTunes, even though you didn't ask for it. Now what? more info