Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — The Jayhawks top this week's new music more info

Guardian Music — (Sham)Five years ago, the Jayhawks reunited, with original co-leader Mark Olson returning alongside Gary Louris, to release the delightful Mockingbird Time. Sadly, Olson is gone again for its follow-up, but Jayhawks fans need not fear, for album No 9... more info

Powerpopulist — Many thanks to the fabulous blogs hosting the following. Audacity - Dirty Boy - Still in Rock White Lung - Kiss Me When I Bleed - Side One Track One Colleen Green - Between The Lines - Side One Track One Summer Cannibals - Full Of It - Side O... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Dresden Dolls show at the Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk go on sale at 10 AM. Tickets for the Culture Club show at the Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk go on sale at 10 AM... Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — R.E.M.’s Peter Buck just announced the release of his new album, Warzone Earth, which he is calling his best solo work to date. Buck made the following statement via R.E.M.’s official website: I’ve just had an exciting couple of weeks working w... more info

Stereogum — Au Pair is a meeting of the minds between the Jayhawks’ Gary Louris and the Old Ceremony’s Django Haskins. They met while participating in a Big Star tribute concert in 2013, and that band’s power-pop is a big part of Au Pair’s DNA. “In Eve... more info

Mercury News, California — The Coup, Styx, Big Head Todd, Bush also among the month's best bets. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jessie Ware @ Webster Hall, 2013 (more by Robert Altman) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Jessie Ware @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple Jessie Ware has come a long... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Jayhawks @ Williamsburg Park 2012 (more by Chris La Putt) The Jayhawks, who are coming up on their 30th anniversary, just reissued their three post-Mark Olson albums -- 1997's Sound of Lies , 2000's Smile and 2003's Rainy Day... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — When I wrote about the Jayhawks’ Sound of Lies for this blog six and a half (?!) years ago, the album was ten years old, out of print and the band had sailed into what seemed to be their sunset. Gary Louris and Marc Olson had toured as a duo doing ... more info