Brooklyn Vegan — Frankie Rose at Beekman Beer Garden in July (more by Chris La Putt) Frankie Rose (and not the Outs) will release her sophomore LP, Interstellar on February 21 via Slumberland. She'll welcome the new album with a record release show... more info

Stereogum — Recently, Insound announced its Delicious Design League Project where they commissioned the Chicago design firm Delicious Design League to create their own band t-shirts for Best Coast, the Walkmen, the Antlers, Smith Westerns and Washed Out. And now... more info

Guardian Music — Formed at the graveside of Sleep ∞ Over, this duo project both a funereal solemnity and a relentlessly haunting graceHometown: Austin, Texas.The lineup: Christa Palazzolo and Sarah Brown.The background: We last met Christa Palazzolo and Sarah Brown... more info

NME - The Daily Download — With a history taking in Dungen, Kurt Vile, Best Coast and Wooden Shjips, it's not been a bad existence for NYC's Mexican Summer label. Formed three years ago, it celebrates its 100th release next Friday (Nov 25), with a special cut from Ford & Lo... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Boston-based indie-pop group You Can Be A Wesley has been making upbeat indie-pop music since they all met in their Boston University dorm. Nightosphere, their latest release, is no exception to their upbeat sound. Singer Saara Untracht-Oakner’s c... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Best Coast/Johnny Marr - In Your Sleep Never let it be claimed that good things can’t occasionally come from marketing ventures. Former poet laureate Andrew Motion once said that the flower of art grows on a long stem out of muck, and it seems tha... more info

NME — Ex-Smiths guitarist also pulls in Mona for Ray-Ban scheme more info

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Stereogum — Betheny Cosentino’s in that rarified place where she’s both on elder rock champions radar and also in their Fave Five. (We’re still making “Fave Five” jokes, right? Great.) Rivers Cuomo nabbed her for duet and joined her Weezer cover, Mark ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Best Coast at LPR (more by Amanda Hatfield) Best Coast are "Beyond thrilled to announce that the incredibly talented Jon Brion will be producing the next Best Coast album. Recording begins in a few weeks in LA. More news on... more info