Brooklyn Vegan — Marie/Lepanto is the new group formed by Will Johnson of Centro-matic and Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster of Water Liars. Their debut album, Tenkiller, came out in January via Big Legal Mess. It's dirty boots folk rock that's not afraid to let... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Over the course of two decades Will Johnson fronted the Denton, TX based yin and yang that was Centro-matic / South San Gabriel. Ever prolific, the songwriter also took part in a number of collaborative projects in addition to recording music under h... more info

Stereogum — A studio fire prevented Will Johnson from recording his upcoming fifth album Hatteras Night, A Good Luck Charm at his usual location, the Echo Lab in Texas' Denton County. It was there that the Austin-based songwriter recorded his celebrated work as ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Swans in Chicago in June (more by Brigid Gallagher) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Swans, Liturgy @ Warsaw More than 30 years into their career and Swans... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — (via @goldfrapp) Tickets for the Ariel Pink show at Baby's All Right go on sale today at 9 AM. If you missed out during the BrooklynVegan presale, tickets for the BrooklynVegan-presented 'Champagne Jam' at Webster Hall with The Front Bottoms,... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Parquet Courts' Sunbathing Animal is by far my favorite new album this week. Centro-matic's Take Pride in Your Long Odds, Gabriel Kahane's The Ambassador, and The Orwells' Disgraceland are other new releases I can recommend. Remastered and expanded e... more info

Powerpopulist — Blogger wouldn't let us use more than 200 characters in our labels, hence this second post, as promised. What a bunch of characters Blogger are. And just look at poor Brown Recluse down there, its Play arrow all wumpy-jawed. Sheesh. (Hope you enjoy t... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Whether it’s fronting Denton, Texas bands Centro-matic and South San Gabriel or performing as a solo artist, Will Johnson stays close to his music. That statement rings true with the Sept. 11 release of Scorpion, his first solo album in eight year... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "The almost two-hour performance was mostly made up of material off the just released New Multitudes album, with a few songs from each individual's other band(s) (Son Volt/Uncle Tupelo, Centro-matic, Gob Iron, My Morning Jacket). All four musicians s... more info

Stereogum — There’s quite a collection of Americana big dogs at work on this track: Former Uncle Tupelo co-leader and current Son Volt frontman Ja Farrar, My Morning Jacket main man Yim Yames (or, as most of us still know him, Jim James), Centro-matic leader W... more info