LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Fruit Bats: "My Unusual Friend" [mp3] from The Ruminant Band (out August 4th) other Fruit Bats posts at Largehearted Boy Ganglians: "Lost Words" [mp3] from Woodsist other Ganglians posts at Largehearted Boy Grand... more info

Totally Fuzzy — perfectradio@btinternet.com (MIKE) said...The Bangles - Live In New York, USA, 1986.FM stereo recording @192kbps mp3, full broadcast, includes Manic Monday, and Walk Like An Egyptian.http://beehivecandy.blogspot.comBuns O'Plenty said...Isaac Hayes - ... more info

Kerrang! — Heaven And Hell are the latest band to be added to the bill of this summer's Sonisphere festival. Other acts on the bill include Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor (solo set) his bandmate Shawn Crahan's other band Dirty Little Rabbits, Nine Inch Nails, ... more info

Guardian Music — In its prime, the Flying Nun label was New Zealand's Rough Trade, Factory and Mute in one. How did we miss it, wonders Martin Aston'There's something about the antipodes that irritates Britain," reckons Martin Phillipps, on the phone from Dunedin on ... more info

Get Weird — Michael Johnson signed to Sub Pop with Holopaw, has recorded with Brian Deck (Modest Mouse), toured with Iron and Wine and Fruit Bats and developed an entirely unhealthy method of making music dubbed wino-synthesis. He more recently leant his voca... more info

JamBase — Bring Me The Horizon On Tour Now In Australia - World Tour To Follow "Super heavy, super talented, super charismatic, BMTH are destined for noisy greatness" -Metal Hammer Bring Me The Horizon First they gave us a pudding, and now Yorkshire has ... more info

Guardian Music — The indie-pop treasures have replaced two of their members for their 'up-tempo' fourth albumThe Shins are making a new album, but it won't be by the same Shins. Frontman James Mercer has dispatched two of the band's founding members, replacing them w... more info

Stereogum — NAME: The Shins PROGRESS REPORT: Writing songs for the follow-up to 2007's Wincing The Night Away. Working on a collaborative side-project. "You go a year without playing and you think, maybe I can't do it anymore. Maybe I forgot how to do it. I do... more info

Stereogum — Last night's Shins show featured an interesting line-up: No Marty Crandall? Also no Jesse Sandovol on drums, although the keyboardist's absence is more likely to be the focus of internet conjecture. Rounding out the lineup were Eric Johnson on key... more info

Pasta Primavera — It’s May Day!!!!  In town The Baltimore Taper presents Pariah Piranah with Mongoloidian Glow, Embarrassing Fruits, and Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad at the Talking Head.   Down in DC  US Royalty and Cut Off Your Hands play the Black Cat w... more info