Detroit Free Press — Mayday Parade: with Breathe Carolina, Every Avenue, Artist vs. Poet, Go Radio and the Victorious Secrets, 5 p.m. Oct. 28. St. Andrew's Hall, $18. Bob Dylan & His Band: 8 p.m. Oct. 28. Hill Auditorium, $35-$55. more info

Popdose — Occasionally there is an event in the music world that transcends the mundane. The release of Bob Dylan's publishing demos from the early '60s is such an event. more info

Scotsman.com — AMERICAN gospel, Argentinian tango, Cuban songs, Romanian gypsies and a Swiss cajan band will rub shoulders with tributes to Bob Dylan, Walter Scott and WB Yeats in the next p more info

Guardian Music — Writing lyrics isn't easy for the Swans frontman. Here he discusses writer's block, his time in prison and why he's always got a friend in Jim MorrisonOn lyrical themes in Swan's latest album, My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky: "I've suffe... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Record Fiend said... The Daily Flash - Psychedelia from Pseattle 1966-1967 (homemade retrospective of excellent Pacific Northwest pysch-folk-rock band that sounded more Haight-Ashbury than Tacoma incl. singles, demos, & live recordings - most of it o... more info

USA Today Music — Recorded between 1962 and 1964, most of the 47 songs will be familiar to completists and casual listeners alike. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Bob Dylan's The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964, volume nine of his bootleg series is released tomorrow along with The Original Mono Recordings, a 9-CD box set of his first eight studio albums as well as a 1963 live performance. Liz... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Swapmeet Louie said... Ryan Adams: Live in Austin TX 09/29/02 Intro Nuclear Firecracker Wharf Rat > Answering Bell > Wharf Rat Touch, Feel, and Lose La Cienega Just Smiled To Be Young Shakedown on 9th Street New York, New York Brown Sugar Nobody Girl... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — This week Bob Dylan releases The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 9), a collection of demos he recorded early in his career. I am a huge fan of the official bootleg series, hearing these songs stripped down... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Guardian and Washington Post review Bob Dylan's The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 9), out Tuesday. The Washington Post: "Witmark" won't add much to anyone's fundamental understanding of early classics like "Blowin' in the Wind... more info