Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: McCartney, “Fela!,” PiL • Premiere: Bob Dylan’s “Must Be Santa” Video • Kanye Returns to the Stage With Beyoncé • Liam Starts New Band With Oasis Members • Janet Jackson Blames Dr. For MIchael’s Death • Grohl o... more info

411 Mania — Including that of Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and more... more info

Rolling Stone — Playing with Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones in the new supergroup Them Crooked Vultures is a dream come true for Foo Fighters’ frontman Dave Grohl, the singer/dummer tells Rolling Stone in an exclusive Q&A in our next issue. Check out photos ... more info

Guardian Music — Band biographer claims that DJs only played the now classic song because it was the 'perfect length' for a cigarette breakWas the secret to Stairway to Heaven's success the fact that it gave DJs the chance to nip out for a cigarette? That's the theor... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — The newest FACT mix is online, the 100th entry since the series began in 2008. In the past, the magazine has brought together collections compiled the likes of the xx and the Big Pink, and this time the mix comes courtesy of Lindstrøm. FACT Mix 10... more info

NME — Jones to be quizzed in future edition of Uncut more info

Live Daily — Blues-infused jam rockers North Mississippi Allstars [ tickets ] have unveiled a winter itinerary of US concerts that runs through February. The group's journey begins with a Dec. 18 performance in Jackson, MS, and continues throughout the east in... more info

Pop Bytes — † FROM DJ PAUL V. One of the joys in finding a great bootleg is when it uses an artist or singer you love, who doesn't get mashed all that often. It makes the pairing all the more heightened. That artist this week is Bob Marley, whose alw... more info

Guardian Music — These giants of rock have had fun in the studio. But Alexis Petridis struggles to see the point of a CDIt's hard to call Them Crooked Vultures anything other than a supergroup – the line-up features Dave Grohl, Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul J... more info

Stereogum — As we've mentioned, 19-year-old Santa Rosa multi-instrumentalist Ryan Schmale approaches That Ghost's fuzzy, spacious pop in a way that reminds us more of vintage garage rockers and Robert Pollard than he does his lo-fi peers. See, for instance, "... more info