Tip: Now you can get music news on Twitter, just follow @oversome, @oversome_rock, or @oversome_hiphop

Stereogum Best New Band honoree Diarrhea Planet teamed with Grammy and Oscar honoree Melissa Etheridge yesterday to cover Tom Petty’s “Refugee” during the Midgetmen’s Texas Jumpstart day party. First, Austin punks the Midgetmen brought out Etheridge, billed simply as “a very special guest.” Then the whole lot of them joined with Diarrhea Planet to play [...]
Related Articles
Sam Smith has been having a rough time of it this month, and part of the reason is that “Stay With Me,” Smith’s breakout hit from last year, turns out to be a little too close for comfort to Tom Petty’s 1989 song “I Won’t Back Down.” Earlier this week, the news came out that [...
"These things can happen," says Petty
submitted by Nick Dec 11th 2014 09:00 pm (stereogum.com)
As you might’ve heard, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers scored their first #1 album this year, with Hypnotic Eye. Thing is, it’s merely pretty good in the grand scheme of the Petty canon. It garnered a lot of positive of reviews, but when it comes down to it, the fact that Petty just now got [...]
At a Friday night show in Moline, Illinois, Pearl Jam randomly decided to play their 1996 album No Code in full. (They also played a new song called “Moline.”) Last night, playing Milwaukee’s BMO Harris Bradley Center, the band busted out another superfan treat, playing all of 1998′s Yield in the middle of...
submitted by Nick Aug 5th 2014 04:00 pm (stereogum.com)
If so-called rockists ever decide to secede and form their own nation, Tom Petty is a shoo-in for the country’s first presidential nominee. Petty’s music advances the notion of rock and roll as utopian ideal, and the tremendous success of his band Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers proves that populism is not necessarily the byp...


Popular News this week
Wilco: are selling their us...
0 votes - 31 clicks - 0 comments
Billy Ray Cyrus: claims wif...
0 votes - 29 clicks - 0 comments
Amy Winehouse: Glastonbury ...
0 votes - 21 clicks - 0 comments
Eagles: extend their Sphere...
0 votes - 18 clicks - 0 comments
Foo Fighters: Watch Black S...
0 votes - 15 clicks - 0 comments
Drake: Camila Cabello calls...
0 votes - 15 clicks - 0 comments
Common: Sage – “Edin”...
0 votes - 13 clicks - 0 comments
Coldplay: talk nearly missi...
0 votes - 13 clicks - 0 comments
Neil Young: Stream Neil You...
0 votes - 13 clicks - 0 comments
Avril Lavigne: live at Glas...
0 votes - 13 clicks - 0 comments
Random Statistic
Nick is the most popular user. He/She has been befriended by 17 other users
New People on Oversome!