Stereogum — Backspacer's first single hits radio and retail on Monday -- and a Target commercial shortly thereafter -- but baseball fans heard a teaser on last night All-Star Game broadcast. This blog has MP3s. Elsewhere pearljam.com has the 7" for sale, and th... more info

Persona Sauna — For his Guest DJ set on KCRW, actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt created a list of songs he used for inspiration while prepping for five specific roles, including two characters in movies coming out this summer. One playing Zooey Deschanel’s soon-to-... more info

Troubled Souls Unite — [Note: This blog post was linked on Stereogum here]Tonight, Fox aired a commercial during the All Star game which featured 30 seconds of Pearl Jam's forthcoming song The Fixer. It's kind of had to hear, but towards the end, you can hear Eddie's voice... more info

Altsounds — Set to be one of the highlights of the year, Pearl Jam will play what will be a legendary one-off show at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, August 11th. *August *Tue 11th LONDON, Shepherd’s Bush Empire A special pre-sale link will ru... more info

Mojo 4 Music — Gallows end-of-year gigs! Pearl Jam: intimate London show! more info

The Quietus — Small London gig revealed more info

Yahoo! Music UK — Dotmusic - US rock veterans promote new album at intimate gig more info

XFM.co.uk — Eddie Vedder's grunge legends will hit Shepherds Bush next month... more info

AngryApe — Before their sold-out arena tour next month more info

Clickmusic — The band to play Shepherd's Bush Empire the week before their sold-out O2 Arena show. more info