Pitchfork reports: "The shapeshifting Ryan Adams returns with his new solo album Ashes & Fire, which is out October 11 via PAX AM/Capitol Records in the U.S. and October 10 in the UK. via Pax-Am/Columbia. Have a listen to the record over at NPR, where it's streaming in its entirety. Adams has also announced a string of new tour dates; check them out here."

Billboard reports: "California has long been romanticized in song. Now folk-rock band Dawes hopes its ode to the Golden State -- "Time Spent in Los Angeles" -- will make waves with a boost from VH1. The Americana act, which released second album "Nothing Is Wrong" (ATO/Sony/RED) in June, is the latest headliner in the cable network's long-running You Oughta Know campaign."

NME reports: "Tom Waits is set to guest star on a limited edition 78 rpm vinyl record, which will see him performing with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.  504 copies of ‘Tootie Ma Was A Big Fine Thing’/‘Corrine Died On The Battlefield’ will be released on November 19. The two songs are Mardi Gras Indian chants and were originally recorded by Danny Barker in 1947, reports The End Of Being."