Robert Pollard talks to Spin about scoring 4,192, a documentary film about Pete Rose.

The A.V. Club offers gateway albums to emo music.

The Independent profiles the British hip-hop scene.

The Jamaica Observer notes the popular resurgence of reggae artist Dennis Brown.

The Hook profiles singer-songwriter Devon Sproule.

A Guardian music critic offers a firsthand account of being dissed in a song.

Kaki King talks to the Nashville Scene about her new album, Junior.

A Playlist and a Story, Every Day shares streamable playlists with accompanying stories.

The Guardian profiles Brian Eno.

In an age in which we venerate the idea of the lonely artist toiling in a garret before coming down to present the Great Work, Eno wants to suggest alternative visions of how art is made, how it works, and why we need it. Admittedly, if he was an ordinary mortal, you wouldn't give two hoots, but Eno is one of the most consistently diverting creative presences in Britain: godfather of ambient music, visual artist, Prospect magazine columnist, one-time bemulletted techno-whizz at Roxy Music's keyboards, and the record producer who made U2, Talking Heads, David Bowie and even Coldplay sound so compelling.

Jack White talks to All Things Considered about his record label, Third Man Records.

NPR's All Songs Considered reports that Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy will write three children's novels for HarperCollins.

Apple will be shuttering music service Lala on May 31st