Guardian Music — (Lost Highway)Bingham's slow-burn career as gritty troubadour took a stellar turn when he won an Oscar for "The Weary Kind", his theme to Crazy Heart. This third album attempts no subsequent fancy crossover. Bingham and his band play a mix of sinewy ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Swapmeet Louie said... Bruce Springsteen Darkness On The Edge Of Town Box Set Coming Soon. Until then... Badlands – live with the E Street Band Adam Raised a Cain – solo acoustic, 1996-04-19 Something in the Night – solo acoustic, 2005-10-07 Ca... more info

Stereogum — In November Bruce Springsteen will release The Promise, a huge collection of unreleased music and tour footage packaged in a reproduction of Springsteen’s song notebooks. The Promise documents Springsteen and his band around the time he wrote and r... more info

Undercover, Australia — Kinks legend Ray Davies has enlisted an esoteric group of collaborators for his new album. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Bruce Springsteen’s 1978 album, “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” is the focal point of an expansive reissue package coming Nov. 16, spanning three CDs and three DVDs containing several hours of audio and video recorded during and shortly after..... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The New York Post looks back on the release of Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run album, 35 years ago this week. DBC Pierre talks to the Guardian about his new novel, Lights Out in Wonderland. Rosanne Cash talks to the... more info

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MTV.com News — Tour kicked off in November 2009 and will run at least through April 2011.By James Montgomery Lady Gaga Photo: Peter Wafzig/Getty Images There's a reason Lady Gaga doesn't ever seem to want to wrap up her globe-trotting Monster Ball Tour: I... more info

CNN Showbiz — The forthcoming Bruce Springsteen documentary "The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town" opens with spare but powerful imagery: black and white footage of a young Springsteen working in the studio on his landmark 1978 album "Darkness o... more info

A Deeper Shade of Soul — I'm sorry I didn't see the Arcade Fire's shows at Madison Square Garden on August 4th and 5th. From what I've read, the shows were anywhere in the range from very good to great, and while I'm generally positive but far from super-enthusiastic about T... more info