The Late Greats — April is Jazz Appreciation Month. In honor of that, The Late Greats will be featuring Jazz all next week. Here is a smidgen of what’s to come. I have to give props to my musical partner, Coconut (Joe). He was the one who talked me into getting... more info

Kings of A&R — Check out the track Take and Take by Garfield Mayor -  KOARs new favorite singer/songwriter. Mayor cites Bob Marley, Paul Simon, The Eagles, Gomez, and Pink Floyd as influences. Apparently, the pro writers and musicians are rooted overseas. Garfie... more info

Sixeyes — money (acoustic demo) [mp3]us and them (demo) [mp3]brain damage/eclipse (demo) [mp3]brain damage pt. 1 (outtake) [mp3]brain damage pt. 2 (outtake) [mp3]on the run (outtake) [mp3]time/breathe reprise (demo) [mp3] more info

MTV.com News — Contestants will perform songs from their birth years.By Gil Kaufman Allison Iraheta Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images "American Idol" judges are like a broken record when it comes to song selection. If they've said it once, they've sai... more info

Rolling Stone — Last week, inspired by the upcoming American Idiot musical, we asked our readers to tell us what classic albums they’d like to see get the Broadway treatment. We’ve tallied the votes, and Pink Floyd’s The Wall is the LP you think would best mak... more info

Buzzgrinder — Keane recently did some strange 3D internet performance thing, and vocalist Tom Chaplin made this revelation afterward: I like getting in people's faces, so doing it in 3D suits what we do. We're the new Pink Floyd! I guess you could say they're t... more info

NME — The Prodigy, Amy Winehouse, Elvis Presley – your music gossip stop more info

Rolling Stone — Despite one street team’s attempt to ballot-stuff this weekend’s Rock List, echoing the Great “Killers-gate” of 2008, San Francisco punks and inspirers of musicals Green Day were voted the Best Color Band by the Rock Daily readers, edging out... more info

Perez Hilton — Green Day is about to add "theater" to its resume! A stage adaptation of the band's highly successful American Idiot will be opening the 2009-10 season of the Berkeley Repertory Theater. Billie Joe Armstrong co-wrote the show's book with Spring Awake... 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