The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — With the news of Tom Petty's new album, Hypnotic Eye, (a major news flash in itself) the initial thought that hit me...seems to have hit just about everybody in the collective music community that the universe might just be aligning for the perfe... more info

NME — The band will release their 13th album this summer more info

Stereogum — Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers will soon release their 13th studio album, titled Hypnotic Eye, according to Rolling Stone. The 11-track collection, which is co-produced by Petty, Mike Campbell, and Ryan Ulyate, is expected this summer on Reprise. RS... more info

ContactMusic — Veteran rocker Tom Petty will receive the prestigious Founders title at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers' (Ascap) Pop Music... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — The War on Drugs were born with a sound. When Adam Granduciel’s Philly-bred concern released Wagonwheel Blues in 2008, they were already singular. There were familiar signifiers—woo-hoo-hoos stolen from Born in the USA-era Springsteen, Granduciel... more info

Stereogum — Stereogum Best New Band honoree Diarrhea Planet teamed with Grammy and Oscar honoree Melissa Etheridge yesterday to cover Tom Petty’s “Refugee” during the Midgetmen’s Texas Jumpstart day party. First, Austin punks the Midgetmen brought out Et... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Diarrhea Planet x The Midgetmen x Melissa Etheridge (via) The Midgetmen's annual Jumpstart Texas day party took place on Thursday (3/13) at The Sidebar, with Diarrhea Planet, Connections, Big Ups, and many more. During that party, Diarrhea Planet joi... more info

ContactMusic — Rock legend Neil Young has teamed up with Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder and Tom Petty to launch a Kickstarter.com campaign to raise funds for his... more info

Stereogum — Yesterday we heard about the impending launch of Neil Young’s PonoMusic through Kickstarter. Now the Kickstarter is live with a promo video featuring a dumbfounding parade of musical luminaries singing Pono’s praises. Watch Arcade Fire, Jack Whit... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — If anyone has a great excuse for taking so long to put out a solo album, it’s Benmont Tench, longtime keyboardist and occasional songwriter with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.     more info