Pitchfork — The North Carolina indie institution Merge Records turns 20 this year, and they're celebrating their anniversary in grand style. As you know, they're putting out a sweet subscription-only box set featuring contributions from all kinds of special gue... more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook One of the more enduring chapters in modern American music is the lovely stretch of recordings that came out of California in the early 1970s, a period that saw the emergence of Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Michael Nesmith, The ... more info

Rawkblog — Apropos of nothing: I have to admit, it makes me like the No Age guys a lot more (as citizens of humanity, if not musicians) knowing they’re bros with Ryan Adams. And it makes me like Ryan Adams a lot more (impossible!?) knowing he owns/wears the d... more info

Chorus.fm — At [last night's] show at the Columbia Theatre in Columbia, Missouri, *Ryan Adams* (http://myspace.oom/ryanadams) told the crowd he was "performing on NPR and talking about leaf classification." What a crowd. Submitted by poppa Q more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — He's been called the Bob Dylan without talent, the Elliott Smith without pain, the Nick Drake without heart, the Ryan Adams without 8000 unreleased demos, the Joni Mitchell with testicles. (okay, I made up the last one). But the one thing that M.Ward... more info

Slowcoustic — So I have been listening to the new EP from Andy Wagner for about a month now and it was officially released on Rock Proper this past Monday as a FREE Digital Download.nbsp; This isn't your standard complimentary download, this is probably my favouri... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ryan Adams @ MSG (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) today in NYC * DANCE * Patton Oswalt @ Caroline's * The Toasters @ Highline Ballroom * Matisyahu & friends @ the Bell House * Ryan Adams & the Cardinals @... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ryan Adams @ MSG (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) today in NYC * DANCE * Patton Oswalt @ Caroline's * The Toasters @ Highline Ballroom * Matisyahu & friends @ the Bell House * Ryan Adams & the Cardinals @... more info

PopSugar — Mandy Moore flashed her engagement ring as she and Ryan Adams took their dog for a walk in LA earlier this week. The bride-to-be couldn't stop smiling and troubled Ryan seems to be in better spirits too since taking a respite from his prolific songwr... more info

Idolator — Mandy Moore had quite the week last week, gaining both a future husband (Ryan Adams) and a detergent sponsor (Gain). While the first partnership hasn't borne any musical fruit just yet, the latter has resulted in the first single from her forthcoming... more info