New York Post — The Sex Pistols and the Clash stole all the headlines, but when it comes to British punk, it was the Damned who were first out of the blocks. The Londoners released their fast-and-furious first single “New Rose” 40 years ago this October — a fu... more info

Stereogum — Tidal is going hard on the charity events this week — and so is Alicia Keys. This weekend, Tidal livestreamed their own Tidal X benefit concert featuring Alicia Keys, and tonight, they’re streaming Keys’ AIDS nonprofit Keep A Child Alive’s 14... more info

KEXP Seattle — Monday, October 3rd: DJ Shadow, Noer The Boy at The Showbox (more info) Andrew W.K. at Neumos (more info) Patti Smith at University Bookstore (more info) Tuesday, October 4th: Robyn Hitchcock with Emma Swift at Fremont Abbey Arts Center (more info) D... more info

NME — Coldplay and Pearl Jam frontmen join forces at Global Citizen Festival more info

Stereogum — Coldplay’s Chris Martin curated this year’s star-studded Global Citizen Festival, and he took the stage in NYC’s Central Park to perform a brief surprise set with Eddie Vedder. Vedder played on New Zealand singer-songwriter Neil Finn’s 2001 a... more info

Consequence of Sound — The setlist includes songs by Pearl Jam, Crowded House, and Patti Smith. more info

Stereogum — The rock legend Patti Smith’s new project is an intriguing one. She’s teamed up with Soundwalk Collective, a sort of sound-art group based in New York and Berlin, and with her daughter Jesse Paris Smith to record the new LP Killer Road. The album... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Back in 2004, Pitchfork published their Top 100 Albums of the 1970s list, and today they've returned with the 200 Best Songs of the 1970s. Some of the artists who didn't make the cut on the albums list are now here, like Black Sabbath, Grat... more info

NME — The Soundwalk Collective's new record reinterprets the singer's songs and poetry more info

NME — Artists joined forces to raise awareness of climate change more info