Totally Fuzzy — Purse Snatchers is a home-recording project of Doug Marvin, with able assistance, advice and Melodica-tooting by his wife Annie Hart (Au Revoir Simone). They and their two cats, Jumpsuit and Sasha, are based in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Doug is also a... more info

Stereogum — Death In Vegas is set to release a new 12-song collection Trans Love Energies, the first album since 2004′s Satan’s Circus. Songwriter/frontman/brain Richard Fearless, who spent a number of those post-2004 years living in Brooklyn studyin... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mr. Jones said... 30 Days Out is back, and we've sneaked into our sister's record collection. Today we have emerged with ... "Two The Hard Way," the lamentable 1977 duet LP with Gregg Allman and Cher. Join us for some delectable duds from this lovey ... more info

Guardian Music — (City Slang)Portland's Menomena proved with 2007's glorious Friend and Foe that they had the chops to produce a "big rock record". A three-piece intertwined with other Portland acts and side-projects; the trio's demi-operatic mixture of inquisitive b... more info

Stereogum — The hunt for new Menomena’s taken awhile, though it’s had its moments: last year the band started playing a song called “Queen Black Acid”; this past Record Store Day they released “Pilgrim’s Progress” on a s... more info

Muzjiks — The multi-instrumentalist, program-creating three-piece of goofballs better known as Menomena are finally back to release their third LP, Mines (artwork and tracklist below), after three years of side-projects and extensive recording sessions. Today,... more info

Pitchfork — Front page photo by Ben Moon Five Little Rooms It's been more than three years since the instrument-switching indie trio Menomena released Friend and Foe, their last album. They'll make their grand return this summer with new LP Mines, due July 26... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Camera Obscura in a church @ SXSW (Miss Lady Lee) tonight in NYC * Arkells @ Pianos * Dept of Eagles @ MoMA * Zee Avi @ Mercury Lounge * Black Acid @ Santos Party House * Jay Jay Pistolet... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Camera Obscura in a church @ SXSW (Miss Lady Lee) tonight in NYC * Arkells @ Pianos * Black Acid @ Santos Party House * Dept of Eagles @ MoMA * Jay Jay Pistolet @ Sidewalk Cafe * Golden Triangle,... more info

Altsounds — Richard Fearless of *Death In Vegas* returns with his new band *BLACK ACID*. The New York based band are influenced by the likes of *The Stooges, Roky Erickson* and *Hawkwind*, don’t come looking for sympathetic pop songs in this debut release. Fe... more info