GEORGE JACKSON, who wrote songs for James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Clarence Carter, and the Bob Seger hit, “Old Time Rock and Roll,” has died at the age of 68.
NEW RELEASES from Meat Puppets, Art Brut, and Spacehog, along with the Nick Drake Tribute and Arts & Crafts comp plus more are streaming via Spinner.
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: Live at Stubb's for SXSW.
YEAH YEAH YEAHS: Live at Stubb's for SXSW.
BOY stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set.
THE HOLD STEADY played “The Bear & The Maiden Fair,” featuring lyrics by Game ofThrones author George R.R. Martin, and music by the show’s composer Ramin Djawadi.
POLICA features Justin Vernon on "Tiff."
THEM: "Baby, Please Don't Go" and a fully live take on "Gloria" for Twofer Tuesday.
CRAIG FINN: The Washington Square News features fave lyrics from The Hold Steady's scribe. (Thx, LHB.)
YEAH YEAH YEAHS talk to The Guardian about 13 years fighting the critics, depression and each other.
DAVID LEE ROTH Will Not Go Quietly.
THE NATIONAL'S 10 BEST SONGS, according to Stereogum.
LINDSAY LOHAN insists she was clean as a whistle at Coachella.
KRISTEN STEWART & ROBERT PATTINSON get pestered everywhere, including by hipsters at Coachella.
OZZY & SHARON OSBOURNE have split up … at least temporarily … and they are now living apart.
ANGELINA JOLIE: Topless with a horse.
AMANDA SEYFRIED is the only actress in Allure's latest issue who doesn't appear nude, and she blames her publicist.
CAREY MULLIGAN is profiled by Vogue in the run-up to The Great Gatsby.
THE UNITED STATES: Twin explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon have killed two people and injured over 140 more.
MALI: France proposed the creation of a UN force of 11200 military personnel and 1440 international police to take over security in northern Mali on July 1.
SYRIA: The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth office expressed concern over reports that chemical weapons have been used by the Assad regime in urban locations in tactical military engagements in Syria.
GERMANY: European security officials are looking into the possibility that an Iranian-run factory in Dinslaken may have been supplying equipment and materials for the Iranian nuclear weapons program.
A CORGI PUP plays ball. Let's go to the video.
BLUETITS offer insight into climate change. The joke writes itself.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF RAT-SIZED, HOUSE EATING SNAILS invade Florida. Where else?
A DEAF DOG befriends a hearing-impaired, 10-year-old cancer patient. Is it dusty in here?