USA Today Music — Jack White, Skrillex, Porter Robinson, Santigold, Nas and ZZ Top head the EDM-heavy lineup at the Columbia, Md., fest. more info

Guardian Music — BB King, who has just turned 87, has returned home to Mississippi to play to family and friends. In the experience of a lifetime, Ed Vulliamy joins him and hears from the maestro about his rise from the cotton fields to international stardomThe fat r... more info

Guardian Music — ZZ Top's third album offered this none-more-spooky take on the tale of a boy who just wanted to drive fast I'll come clean. There's a particular reason for me to be nominating ZZ Top for this slot today. Tomorrow I'll be flying to the US to interview... more info

411 Mania — ZZ Top has returned to the music scene after a nine year break, and the slick 80's sound is gone but the boogie blues is still there. 411's Andy Rackauskas gets the keys to the car to see if women still go crazy about sharp dressed men with long bea... more info

ContactMusic — ZZ Top are to be honored as living legends by the editors of Classic Rock magazine. The bearded rockers, writers of songs such as Gimme All Your... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Alt-J at Glasslands, 8/7/2012 (more by Toby Tenenbaum) today in NYC * Big Terrific @ Cameo * John and Scott @ UCB * Ben Gerstein @ Barbes * ZZ Top @ Beacon Theater * Dragonette @ Webster Hall * Luciana... more info

USA Today Music — 'La Futura' is ZZ Top's first album since 2003. And David Byrne teams with St. Vincent for 'Love This Giant more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — What do Dylan, ZZ Top, Billy Talent, Matchbox Twenty, Stars, Pet Shop Boys, the Avetts and Melissa Etheridge have in common? New albums. So let's stop the talk and start the rock. more info

Guardian Music — (Mercury)The first ZZ Top album for nine years opens with the most remarkable rock'n'roll song of the year. Gotsta Get Paid is an adaptation not of some old blues or boogie, but of the Houston hip-hop classic 25 Lighters by DJ DMD with Lil' Keke and ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Texas trio ZZ Top are like the Ramones or Motörhead. They make the same album every time. They may have enlisted Rick Rubin to co-produce their new album La Futura, but singer and gutiar player Billy Gibbons made damn sure that their signature swa... more info