ContactMusic — BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN delighted a couple in New Jersey last week (ends26Sep10) by offering to pose with them for their engagement pictures.Newly-engaged Ed Dwyer and... more info

ContactMusic — BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN's E STREET BAND drummer MAX WEINBERG has stepped down as bandleader for U.S. TV comedian CONAN O BRIEN, weeks before the funnyman launches his new late... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Free Energy are selling a tour only split 7″ with tour buddies Titus Andronicus which features their own cover of The Boss’s famed “I’m Going Down” (this seems to be a popular cover now). Both bands decided to take on the cover live, and th... more info

ContactMusic — Max Weinberg confirmed on Monday that he will not be rejoining Conan O'Brien as his bandleader when O'Brien's new late-night talk show debuts in November on TBS. He gave no... more info

Guardian Music — This Oxford trio show, as John Lydon would never have said, that languor is an energyHometown: Oxford.The lineup: Jody Prewett (vocals, guitar, bass), Ben Rimmer (keyboard), Kit Monteith (drums).The background: What a lovely song and a lovely sound f... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Buns O'Plenty said... Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky (1974) http://keep-on-growing.blogspot.com Robert said... Bruce Springsteen - 1988-02-28 - Worcester, MA. "Tunnel Of Lust". Fiona Apple - 1996-09-10 - Los Angeles + Radio Sessions. "Fiona Has W... more info

Stereogum — The tourmates performed “I’m Goin’ Down” at the Earl in Atlanta last week, in direct violation of Vampire Weekend’s multiple takes on the same Springsteen track. Truth is, Free Energy and Titus Andronicus do a better job locating the joyous... more info

Mjsbigblog — Check out Natalie’s recap and photos of Daughtry’s concert at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Singapore on Saturday. *** Having already seen the band live in Singapore twice, I still cannot get enough of it! The day I heard about C... more info

Guardian Music — Mauro Remiddi is more lost boy than rock man but his bleary, blissed-out songs will have fans of dreamy pop clinging to himHometown: Rome.The lineup: Mauro Remiddi (vocals, guitar, sampler, loops, keyboard).The background: With all this chat about Ne... more info

Totally Fuzzy — mike-floyd said... ... some more excellent space lounge music by: - LUNAR TESTING LAB: Unauthorized Frequencies EP (USA) (mp3-zip, 7 tracks, 21 min, 48,2 MB) and ... some more KINKS-influenced garage rock from Boston by: - THE NEEDY VISIONS: s.t. (US... more info