Consequence of Sound — After several years away, My Chemical Romance's frontman has released two new singles in the span of a month. more info

Rock Sound — The track follows the Halloween-themed release of 'Baby You're A Haunted House'. Gerard Way has dropped a brand new single titled 'Getting Down The Germs'. The track was co-written with his former My Chemical Romance bandm... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mike Watt's releasing a live album of his 1995 tour with Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, Eddie Vedder, and William Goldsmith. In semi-related news, Exterminators, whose members went on to play in The Germs, The Gun Club, and more, reunited and Meat Puppe... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Columbia-Legacy has announced the release of a crucial Southland document that captures a snapshot moment when bassist Mike Watt, co-founder of influential San Pedro band Minutemen, went on the road with members of Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, the Ger... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Columbia-Legacy has announced the release of a crucial Southland document that captures a snapshot moment when bassist Mike Watt, co-founder of influential San Pedro band Minutemen, went on the road with members of Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, the Ger... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — It all began as an art project. It was the mid-1970s and Los Angeles was cheap and stuffed with artists.  Melanie Nissen was an amateur photographer managing a bookstore in Palos Verdes. Steve Samiof was working for a group of small newspape... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — It all began as an art project. It was the mid-1970s and Los Angeles was cheap and stuffed with artists.  Melanie Nissen was an amateur photographer managing a bookstore in Palos Verdes. Steve Samiof was working for a group of small newspape... more info

Guardian Music — They stole food, drank all night, and formed bands that couldn’t play. The guitarist relives the clothes, clubs and drug-fuelled chaos she was lucky to surviveIn late 1976, a few months into college, I was reading the fashion newspaper Womenâ... more info

Stereogum — Alice Bag is a Latina punk rock pioneer and a product of the same scene that gave us Black Flag and the Germs. She founded the early LA punk band the Bags and was featured in the seminal documentary The Decline Of Western Civilization. More recently,... more info

Chorus.fm — Beth Mole, writing for Ars Technica, on how Dyson hand dryers spread viruses in bathrooms: Researchers have long known that warm air hand dryers can launch bacteria into the air—compared to dabbing with paper towels, which unleashes virtually none.... more info