L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Rapper Dr. Dre will close the 2012 edition of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, to be held for the first time over two consecutive weeks in mid-April. Headliners for the multi-weekend, six-day affair include rock acts the Black... more info

ContactMusic — DR Dre will launch his 2012 comeback by closing the Coachella Valley Music Arts Festival in California The rap icon will join Radiohead and the Black Keys among the headliners at this springs Apr12 event which will be held over two weekends for the..... more info

Chorus.fm — The Coachella (http://www.coachella.com) line-up has been announced (https://twitter.com/#%21/coachella/status/156524587578957826/photo/1). Headliners include The Black Keys, Radiohead, and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg. Notable reunions include At The Driv... more info

Gigwise — We give our opinion... more info

Topix — Music 3R's 01.07.12: DON DON DA!!! Posted by Nick Krenn on 01.07.2012 From Kanye West's epic Twitter rant and the Black Keys blaming Nickelback for the death of rock to Feist covering Guns N' Roses, Lana Del Rey's modeling career and more, 411's Nick... more info

411 Mania — From Kanye West's epic Twitter rant and the Black Keys blaming Nickelback for the death of rock to Feist covering Guns N' Roses, Lana Del Rey's modeling career and more, 411's Nick Krenn breaks down the Right, the wRong and the Ridiculous from the we... more info

Stereogum — This week the Black Keys insulted Nickelback, Azealia Banks dissed Kreayshawn, and Zooey filed for divorce from Ben. Everyone’s ornery from their New Year’s cleanses, probably. And yet Van Halen set aside their differences long enough to record a... more info

Chorus.fm — After giving *The Black Keys* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/theblackkeys) story so much press (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2570672), we have to at least comment that *Nickelback* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/nickelback/) did resp... more info

Guardian Music — Figures show digital album sales passed the 100m mark for the first time in 2011Ten years after Steve Jobs promised to reinvent the music industry with the iPod, digital downloads have overtaken physical sales of singles and albums for the first time... more info

Gigwise — Band respond over Twitter... more info