Here’s your chance to catch up on recent stories and sundry musical tidbits…Paste interviews the Alabama Shakes and figures out what the fuss is all about (their debut album Boys & Girls is out Tuesday)

Some fans Spent Passover With Springsteen at Madison Square Garden

Relix rounds up our top 10 movie soundtracks

Twitter and the musical snobs: why there is no longer any musical obscurity (and why that’s a bad thing for the snobs but good for the musician)

Jambands.com talks with Real Estate about their formation, sound, and jamband inspirations

In a California classroom, students successfully learn fractions through music

D.C.‘s Go-Go music skips a generation, but manages "to survive for new listeners as ‘bounce beat’":http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/dcs-go-go-has-a-new-beat/2012/04/06/gIQAEsNg0S_story.html

NPR interviews rock photographer Mick Rock

The Ryan Montbleau Band talks to the New York Times about live streaming their concerts

With Coachella coming up, the LA Times looks at how the festival has morphed through the years

George Clinton gets rid of his rainbow hair extensions! and talks about much more as well.