Core News — “Stuart takes a whistle stop tour through American art-rock from 1960s to the 2010s featuring Captain Beefheart, Laurie Anderson, Sonic Youth, Swans, The Mars Volta and Deerhoof.” Check out other Stuart Maconie shows in the archive and subscribe ... more info

Stereogum — Cass McCombs, Speedy Ortiz, (Sandy) Alex G, Deerhoof, Porches, the Lemon Twigs, Palehound, and more all contributed covers to Cover Your Ass Vol. 1, a new charitable compilation from Lionfish Music to benefit Planned Parenthood. The songs covered inc... more info

Consequence of Sound — Mike Watt, Nick Reinhart, Nels Cline, and Greg Saunier return with a new taste of their self-titled debut. more info

Stereogum — Almost 10 years since Minutemen's Mike Watt and Tera Melos' Nick Reinhart had the creative spark to begin recording together, the pair's vision has finally come to fruition in the form of Big Walnuts Yonder's self-titled debut, out this May. The band... more info

JamBase — Listen to “Raise The Drawbridges?” the new song from Big Walnuts Yonder featuring members of Minutemen, Wilco, Deerhoof and Tera Melos. more info

Stereogum — Big Walnuts Yonder is a new band that consists of Minutemen bassist Mike Watt, Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier, and Nick Reinhart of Tera Melos. The origin of the group dates all the way back to 2008, when Watt and Reinhart ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Hear their first single, "Raise the Drawbridges?", and read an exclusive Q&A with the group. more info

Stereogum — Later this week, confrontational art-pop veterans Xiu Xiu will release FORGET, their new album. Indie super-producer John Congleton, Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier, and Xiu Xiu member Angelo Seo co-produced the album. We've posted a few early tracks: ... more info

Obscure Sound — Raindeer’s full-length, HWYL, was one of my favorite finds of 2016. Possessing a striking sound that resembled a bunch of goodness – including the swirling psych-friendly tendencies of Animal Collective, the dream-pop haze of Beach House, and co... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The album was produced with the help of John Congleton and Deerhoof's Greg Saunier, and also includes contributions Kristof Hahn of Swans. Continue reading… more info