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

The Independent — Cambridge University's Trinity College, one of the world's oldest seats of learning, would not normally be associated with showbiz glitz and the pounding beats of rock music. But the 500-year-old college, one of the wealthiest academic institutions,... more info

Guardian Music — Bez? Bobbie Gillespie? Jedward?! Tell us who you think should lead the world's most shameless Rolling Stones tribute actNow that Steven Tyler is reported to have left Aerosmith (perhaps because he heard Danyl Johnson butcher I Don't Want to Miss a Th... more info

Soul Sides — Ten Wheel Drive with Genya Raven: How Long Before I'm GoneStay With MeFrom Brief Replies (Polydor, 1970)The Highlighters: You're Time Is Gonna ComeFrom 7" (Chess, 1970)I save a slew of songs with the intention of "eventually posting them up" and what... more info

Guardian Music — Hammer of the Gods, Stephen Davis's 1985 biography of Led Zeppelin, was dismissed by the band as a seedy fiction, but if this account by band confidant Mick Wall portrays anything more clean-living, it's only by a tiny amount. Wall includes fine deta... more info

Topix — When the Killers started out, they wanted to raise a ruckus like their favorite rock stars did on the road: Frontman Brandon Flowers heard of the legendary exploits of Led Zeppelin and David Bowie and wanted to emulate those experiences. more info

Altsounds — One of the last albums ever recorded at London’s renowned Olympic Studios (where The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and The Who have all recorded), ‘Acoustic At Olympic Studios’ finds Asobi Seksu’s core du... more info