It's amazing that the best rock record to come out in 2007 is by a band a gray haired guy who shreds harder and better than kids half his age. The return of the OG lineup of Dinosaur Jr. is something that should be celebrated, experienced, and savored. Beyond is old school grungy rock with omg guitar solos that twist and spiral and soar like nothing that is being played by today's mascara-wearing youth.......

Common - "The People" "The People" was one of our most-played summer jamz. It was on Kanye's "Can't Tell Me Nothin" sampler because Kanye produced it and listen to how sweet it is. It's the sort of non-thug, uplifting, positive hip-hop that people once talked about, but now people are buying. This is the direction BEP could have gone if they hadn't chosen the path of the lowest common denominator aka the Gwen Stefani......

Most equate "panel discussion" with "snoozefest," but BMI and the Los Angeles Times have teamed up to bring us a pretty cool roundtable discussion tomorrow. "How I Wrote That Song" brings together musicians and writers Cee-Lo, John Legend, Butch Walker, Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy) and others to play a particular song and then discuss the angstfest it took them to get there. There's also time alloted for Q&A so, you can ask those......

Danzig @ The Wiltern Joanna Newsom @ Malibu Performing Arts Center Sugarcult, The Pink Spiders, Damone @ House of Blues Barenaked Ladies @ Gibson Butch Walker @ The Hotel Cafe DJ AM @ LAX Sally Kellerman @ Genghis Cohen The Handsome Family @ El Cid Slow Signal Fade, The Ivy Walls @ Silverlake Lounge Mike Stinson, Merle Jagger, Rancho Deluxe @ Safari Sam's I Heart Robots, The Maze @ 14 Below 2 Headed Dog,......