Soul singer Bettye LaVette will release a new album of covers this fall featuring renditions of songs by Bob Dylan, Neil Young, K.D. Lang and more. Recently, Bettye LaVette's take on the Black Keys'…   Read Story »

Last year, San Fran's inaugural Outside Lands festival featured Radiohead, but also power outage issues. This year: No Radiohead, but abundant electricity. Trade-offs! While Thom was twisting words…   Read Story »

Barack Obama was the eighth most frequently tagged "artist" on Stereogum in the past twelve months. That makes him even more popular than Animal Collective around here, and deservedly so: Animal…   Read Story »

This black and white Lex Halaby-directed clip finds Detroit's own Bettye LaVette alone at the Lockeroom Lounge, blowing smoke, drinking too much wine, looking at photos, staring at the walls, and…   Read Story »

No shortage of Bruce love ever, really. Recently, Jesse Malin and Arcade Fire wrangled the Boss for cameos. But even when Springsteen's not in promo-mode, we always seem to be listening to his…   Read Story »

Never got around to collectively scratching our skulls over Janet Reno's patriotic foray into album curation, but better late than never, so here's the windup: Our nation's former Attorney General…   Read Story »

The swaggering 61-year-old Detroit soul singer Bettye LaVette has teamed with our favorite Southern rockers for her forthcoming album The Scene Of The Crime: 45 years after recording "My Man ? He's A…   Read Story »

Biggest news in recent months from camp Drive-By came from the departure of Jason Isbell, with John Neff being promoted to full-time status in the band's Southern-fried three axe attack. And since…   Read Story »