The Independent — Sir Paul McCartney was today preparing for his controversial concert in Israel, more than 40 years after the Beatles were banned amid concerns over youngsters being corrupted. more info

Guardian Music — Will Byers: For most bands, bringing in a string section is an attempt at instant credibility and maturity. But as Elbow have shown, there is more to be gained than sounding a bit like the Beatles more info

Buffalo News, New York — JERUSALEM -- Beatles hits command the Israeli airwaves as the country counts down to a Paul McCartney concert Thursday that the show's financier hopes will “right a wrong.” more info

Gigwise — Gary Lightbody Thinks... more info

Mojo 4 Music — Before Dangermouse, who sampled The Beatles? more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The Gallagher brothers of the British rock band Oasis have done it again with their upcoming seventh studio album, “Dig Out Your Soul.” This album is to Oasis like “Revolver” was to The Beatles. Completely filled to the brim w... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — In the mid-'70s, the punk sound sprang forth in the seedy downtown New York dives CBGB and Max's Kansas City, the fetid spawning ground of the cream of the crud, including the Ramones and Suicide and the Voidoids and Wayne... more info

My Old Kentucky — This year MOKB invaded the Monolith Festival. We hauled a whole slew of folks out there...which is why it has taken me a while to organize all the thoughts and images. I have loads of video that I'll be featuring at some point as well. Denver is a... more info

NME — Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody has declared that Super Furry Animals are "our generation's Beatles". more info

All About Jazz — Words by: Dennis Cook | Images by: Jay Blakesberg and Dave Vann My Morning Jacket :: 09.19.08 :: Greek Theatre :: Berkeley, CA Jim James rockin' the cape :: 09.19 :: Greek by Blakesberg All day - hell, all week - leading up to My Morning Jacket'... more info