Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Monday: The Slits, The Sundelles, + Sisters @ Highline Ballroom 7pm $15 [tix]Amid all the hoopla surrounding the reunions of bands like Pavement, My Bloody Valentine, Pixies, The Vaselines, Mission of Burma, etc., etc., some of reunions have been los... more info

NME - The Daily Download — If you like your guitars bristling with feedback and your drums jackhammer-inclined, you'll probably love this effort from Norse "supergroup" The Megaphonic Thrift. Comprised of members of various Norwegian bands (Casiokids, Stereo 21 and The Low Fre... more info

Guardian Music — The veteran guitar wizard has formed a new group whose sound he describes as 'catchy power-pop, crushing rock and wounded ballads'. So another grunge band then ...Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis has launched a new band, the gently named Sweet Apple. The group... more info

Chorus.fm — *Princess Dinosaur* (http://www.myspace.com/princessdinosaur) (Nic Newsham & Nick Vombrack) posted new demos on their myspace (http://www.myspace.com/princessdinosaur). Submitted by loganmmm more info

Undercover, Australia — The new Motion City Soundtrack album, produced by Blink-182`s Mark Hoppus, will be called `My Dinosaur Life`. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Coconut and the Duke: "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" [mp3] for a good cause other Coconut and the Duke posts at Largehearted Boy The Delfields: "Madeline" [mp3] from Twilight Town EP The Delfields:... more info

8/1 — 50 Kurt Vile – Childish Prodigy49 Jay-Z – The Blueprint 348 Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It47 Alasdair Roberts – Spoils46 Broadcast & The Focus Group - …Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age45 Richmond Fontaine ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Ticket sale announcements are light this week becuase of the holiday. Here’s what on sale now: Whiteout with Thurston Moore and Bardo Pond on December 18 at (le) Poisson Rouge. Tickets Doveman and friends at Mercury Lounge on January 12. Tickets D... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Dinosaur Jr. shows coming up at Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the "Doveman and Friends" show coming up at Mercury Lounge. Tickets are... more info

Silent Uproar — Motion City Soundtrack have announced a headling tour kicking off in January around the release of their new album, My Dinosaur Life. [myspace.com] more info