Berkeley Place has a great “Cover Wars” multi-part feature, matching up Stones covers vs. Boss covers. It’s 5 posts full of cover versions from the likes of the La’s, Cat Power, Afghan Whigs, and even Jim James of My Morning…

Popdose – Great news! Jeff (from Jefitoblog) returns! His new site launches today… the internet landscape brightens…ladies and gentlemen, Popdose. Subscribe. Visit. Rinse. Repeat. Did you miss Radiohead‘s New Year’s Eve performance of In Rainbows? Current has it all here.…

Ear Fuzz breaks down the Beasties’ “Shake Your Rump”, with a look at the ten songs that are sampled. Craig over at Songs:Illinois gets us ready for the holidays with a righteous Christmas mix, including John Prine, Asylum Street Spankers…

It’s been an odd day of departures in the music world today. First the news that Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot was found dead in his Las Vegas home on Sunday. Then not an hour later the news that Casey…

To hear the Foo Fighters cover “Band on the Run” is a wonderful thing. Check it out on Fuel / Friends. Check out the mysterious tune you’ve been hearing on the iPhone commercials [Listening Post]. Listening Post also has a…

My LastFM buddy Brian has a new music blog, and I think you should check it out. Small Things Stupid Packages debuted just over a week ago, and is off to a great start. Brian takes a look back at…

Hey all… I’m on a little hiatus for the next few days. But while I’m away, Michael’s picking up the slack. I’ll be back in action in a few days. Meanwhile, here are some tasty recommendations from Michael… – Pete…

Ben at Deeper Shade of Soul hits us with some 1999 era live Prince from Providence. Licorice Pizza is back in action. Aiken explores the Clash’s Vanilla Tapes. There’s some classic early 90’s live World Party over at Maybe We…

Just wanted to pass along a couple of nice sites I recently happened upon… First, A Deeper Shade of Soul. Ben and I are on the same wavelength on a lot of stuff, it seems. I mean, killer live Boss…