A.M. Music News: Shabazz Palaces, Heaven Rock, and Why 130,000 Viewers Can't Be Wrong About Grynch

-- YouTube: Damn! Grynch's new video for "My Volvo" has been viewed more than 130,000 times since it was released on April 22. $1 gets you in to see him at Neumos tonight.

-- SPIN: Reverb columnist Duff McKagan and his Jane's Addiction bandmates played a surprise set at Hollywood's club Bardot last night.

-- Arizona Republic: Brett Michaels has been released from the hospital after suffering a brain hemorrhage.

-- Pitchfork's love for Seattle's Shabazz Palaces love continues. In an interview, SP's Palaceer Lazaro -- AKA Ishmael Butler--tells the online tastemakers their next releases--yes, probably two releases at a time--are almost done.

-- LA Times: RE: Sub Pop's Avi Buffalo: "This is pop at its most intricate and meticulous."

-- The Guardian: RE: Barsuk's Pearly Gate Music: "This is heaven rock, pure and simple."