Guardian Music — For his first album in more than a decade, the legendary Stax soul man and leader of the MGs has enlisted the Americana heavyweights on the noisiest record of his lifeBooker T Jones might be making the best rock'n'roll album of the year. The legendar... more info

Undercover, Australia — The next Cassandra Wilson album will be an album of covers. more info

Idolator — After word that the final list of books being published in the latest installment of the album-per-tome 33 1/3 series would be delayed because of "economy-related goings-on," series publisher Continuum released a 27-album shortlist on the series' blo... more info

Slowcoustic — Sorry I have been remiss on the "If You Haven't Heard" series here on Slowcoustic, but we have someone that you need to hear...if you haven't heard.nbsp; It's corny I know, but sometimes it is simply a fact, The Vega Star is a band you will want to h... more info

JamBase — GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS MAKE WAVES AS NEW ALBUM LOST CHANNELS IS SET FOR RELEASE MARCH 31 NEW VIDEO AVAILABLE NOW / U.S. TOUR US KICKS OFF IN SEATTLE ON RELEASE DAY Great Lake Swimmers "The group's songsmith Tony Dekker has without doubt created... more info

Undercover, Australia — Director Jonathan Demme, Shakey Pictures head L.A. Johnson and Neil Young business partner Elliot Roberts, spent Saturday afternoon at the movies. The occasion was for the first-ever big screen viewing of the Demme directed ‘Neil Young Trunk Sh... more info

All About Jazz — Warner Music Group has confirmed that its music is no longer available through Last.fm's on-demand music streaming service. Last.fm users can still stream music from Warner's artists via their artist-based radio stations (see below), because those... more info

Altsounds — A few post-SXSW morsels for you...two new videos for two new songs from Fork in the Road, shot by Neil Young himself. "Cough Up the Bucks" gives us Young in a suit, reading the Wall Street Journal and asking "Where did all the money go...where did a... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Neil Young’s long-in-the-works and much-anticipated Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972 finally has a release date: June 2nd. The pre-order page for the incredible box set is up on the Neil Young Website now. The set feature... more info

Rolling Stone — • Kanye West Surprises SXSW With Common • Metallica Pound SXSW at “Secret” Show • Eminem, Page, Flea To Present at Rock Hall • Jonas Brothers Talk New Album, World Tour • Metallica Talk Guitar Hero, Sound Quality • Neil Young Trunk Sh... more info