Topix — Music 3R's 01.07.12: DON DON DA!!! Posted by Nick Krenn on 01.07.2012 From Kanye West's epic Twitter rant and the Black Keys blaming Nickelback for the death of rock to Feist covering Guns N' Roses, Lana Del Rey's modeling career and more, 411's Nick... more info

411 Mania — From Kanye West's epic Twitter rant and the Black Keys blaming Nickelback for the death of rock to Feist covering Guns N' Roses, Lana Del Rey's modeling career and more, 411's Nick Krenn breaks down the Right, the wRong and the Ridiculous from the we... more info

411 Mania — Defends the band... more info

Stereogum — This week the Black Keys insulted Nickelback, Azealia Banks dissed Kreayshawn, and Zooey filed for divorce from Ben. Everyone’s ornery from their New Year’s cleanses, probably. And yet Van Halen set aside their differences long enough to record a... more info

Chorus.fm — After giving *The Black Keys* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/theblackkeys) story so much press (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2570672), we have to at least comment that *Nickelback* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/nickelback/) did resp... more info

Mercury News, California — Nickelback has had a number of Top 40 hits over the years, and although today's pop scene is dominated by dance music, the band doesn't plan to shift gears to attain past radio success. more info

Perez Hilton — At least they're self-aware! During a recent interview, Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger acknowledged to the world that his band is NOT trendy. Here's what he had to say about it: "We don't look at what all the popular artists are doing. We're not... more info

Stereogum — You might remember that Black Keys’ drummer Patrick Carney said some stuff about Nickelback. So Nickelback furiously fires back with … nah, they just kind of shrugged it off. See: Somewhere in an East Village loft, filled with cigarette smoke and... more info

411 Mania — They aren't worried about it... more info

Gigwise — Band respond over Twitter... more info