Weekly Linkup: A Look Back (Disturbing Mom Songs, Wilco, MMW, Lethem on _Fear of Music_, Rock Autobi
Here’s your chance to catch up on recent stories and sundry musical tidbits…The LA Times asks why we still have so much vinyl when there’s streaming services out there
Paste rounds up seven songs inspired by The Beach Boys
In honor of Mother’s Day, Flavorwire finds ten songs about mothers
The Boston Globe interviews Justin Townes Earle
The Birmingham News profiles Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy
The New York Times reviews Medeski Martin & Wood at the Undead Music Festival
Relix.com muses about protest music
The New Yorker’s Sasha Frere-Jones remembers the Beastie Boys Adam Yauch
Jambands.com interviews Marc Brownstein of the Disco Biscuits and Conspirator
NPR discusses the new book in the 33 1/3 series, each inspired by and discussing a classic album, this time: The Talking Heads’ Fear of Music written by Jonathan Lethem
A huge archive of American folk music makes its online debut
Hidden Track rounds up ten rock autobiographies they’d like to read