Guardian Music — Jews are all over American pop history like a kosher rash: from the Brill Building era of Bacharach/David, Neil Sedaka and Carole King to late-1970s NYC, where Richard Hell, Joey Ramone, Tommy Ramone, Lenny Kaye and Blondie's Chris Stein turned the p... more info

Guardian Music — The metal monoliths are to perform with former bassist Jason Newsted at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductionMetallica are to reunite with Jason Newsted, their former bassist who they refused to include in their Guitar Hero videogame. Newsted wi... more info

Idolator — While Jason Newsted will have to take a look at his Rock Star: Supernova schedule first before answering with a definitive yes, Kirk Hammett said in a recent interview that the former Metallica bassist will be invited to perform with the group "at on... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Buckner/Getty Metallica will reunite with former bassist Jason Newsted when the heavy metal gods are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Cleveland on April 4th, the Pulse of the Radio reports (via Blabbermouth.) C... more info

Perfect Porridge — Samahra, Black Blondie’s lead singer and tone-setter, is Minneapolis’ answer to Fergie and all the American Idol karoake wannabes out there. Upon listening to the group’s new album, Did You Remember Who You Wanted to Be?, it’s easy to tell t... more info

Guardian Music — (Polydor)There is something fabulous about the chorus to Heads Will Roll, the second track of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' third album. For the first few minutes, yappy frontwoman Karen O sounds like an imperious 12-year-old. But then comes the chorus with its g... more info

8/1 — Motown, Dusty Springfield, Ronettes, Smiths, New Order, Kinks, Spector, Scott Walker, Sticky Fingers, There She Goes, Donovan, Blondie, Bobby D, Twisterella, Dionne Warwick, Minnie Ripperton, Lee and Nancy, Serge and Jane, Camera Obscura, el Perro de... more info

Pasta Primavera — Like the cube I asked when I read the mail in my inbox relating to London’s Rubicks and their new EP Red Rock due out in April.  No of course not the cube - the four piece band that distorts and electrobeats some great songs.  You could easil... more info

A Deeper Shade of Soul — Talking Heads seem to be in the air these days. Whether in their obvious influence in bands like Vampire Weekend, or David Byrne’s continuing influence as both musician and thinker, their legacy continues to resonate even more powerfully with... more info

Pop Bytes — † FROM DJ PAUL V. This week's mashup is so smooth and spectacular, it glistens. It has everything to do with one of my favorite new singers, Sam Sparro. The handsome ex-Aussie - and now Angeleno - dropped, hands-down, one of the most sub... more info