Rolling Stone — New York-based photographer Michael Lavine was on the frontlines as grunge music took hold in the late 1980s. His new book, Grunge, featuring a foreword from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, collects hundreds of photographs of iconic bands like N... more info

Streetkiss Music — Un vieux Dinosaur n'est pas toujours sourd. Même les plus indépendants d'entre eux savent reconnaitre la suprématie d'une petite rouquine qui a décidément séduit tout le monde ! Lou Barlow, le co-fondateur du plus connus des... more info

Chorus.fm — Justin Pierre of *Motion City Soundtrack (http://absolutepunk.net/motioncitysoundtrack)* is heading out on The Dino Trail (http://www.motioncitysoundtrack.com/news/justin-pierre-dino-trail) to promote his band's new album, My Dinosaur Life. Info is i... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Erlend Oye of Kings of Convenience talks to PopMatters about the band's new album, Declaration of Dependence. The A.V. Club interviews Chuck Klosterman about his new essay collection, Eating the Dinosaur. The Louisville Courier-Journal examines the g... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Wall Street Journal reviews Chuck Klosterman's new essay collection, Eating the Dinosaur. Another media critic, Neil Postman, once argued—in the title of one of his books—that we are "amusing ourselves to death." But Mr. Klosterman'... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — My first drink of CMJ came around 12:30pm yesterday when I snuck over to Pianos for one of their free margaritas. Pianos was playing host to my friends The Music Sluts, and let me tell you those two are much better at coaxing free booze out of places... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 10-31 Philadelphia, PA - Brooke's Juke Joint #11-15 Detroit, MI - PJ's Lager House 11-18 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue ^11-19 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom ^11-22 Cleveland, OH - Beachland01-21 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre ^01-2... more info

The Music Fix — News: After the success of their Spring tour with A Place To Bury Strangers and recent shows supporting Dinosaur Jr on a run of UK/European dates, mind-blowing psych-rock five piece Dead Confederate have announced a UK release for their incredible de... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Doug Martsch is either a very patient man or a perfectionist who can't let go of his songs. The new Built To Spill album There Is No Enemy took three-and-a-half years. He kept rewriting the lyrics, tried another guitar lick, yet another, decided to... more info

Guardian Music — In this week's podcast we head for the States. Actually, we don't. TheMusic Weekly private jet has been impounded. Instead, we made the States come to us. That's just how we roll. First up we have Lou Barlow, the man who founded Dinosaur Jr, then Seb... more info