The Music Fix — News: After the success of their Spring tour with A Place To Bury Strangers and recent shows supporting Dinosaur Jr on a run of UK/European dates, mind-blowing psych-rock five piece Dead Confederate have announced a UK release for their incredible de... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Doug Martsch is either a very patient man or a perfectionist who can't let go of his songs. The new Built To Spill album There Is No Enemy took three-and-a-half years. He kept rewriting the lyrics, tried another guitar lick, yet another, decided to... more info

Guardian Music — In this week's podcast we head for the States. Actually, we don't. TheMusic Weekly private jet has been impounded. Instead, we made the States come to us. That's just how we roll. First up we have Lou Barlow, the man who founded Dinosaur Jr, then Seb... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Talk Normal photos by Lori Baily Thurston "goes acoustic" @ United Palace Theater in July (more by Bao Nguyen) Sonic Youth will follow up their currently-sold-out November 21st Terminal 5 show (with Dinosaur Jr. and Cold Cave) with a pair... more info

NME Radio — Do you drink too much caffeine? Looking for a suitable alternative to double strength Americano? Then I'd like to personally recommend starting a brand new show on a different radio station on a miserable Monday morning in October. At about 10.10am ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Antony @ Apollo Theater in 2008 (more by Ryan Muir) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Atlantic Antic * Lucinda Williams @ Irving Plaza * NY Burlesque Fest @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Dinosaur Jr @ Northern Lights in Clifton... more info

Spinner.com — Pop Montreal has had its share of great loft parties in the past. Word would travel via late-night text and festival-goers would soon find themselves wandering up a flight of stairs where the likes of Arcade Fire and Patrick Watson would hold nightly... more info

Dinosaur Jr frontman J Mascis will bring his backing band The Fog to London with support from acclaimed San Francisco newcomers Sleepy Sun. more info

XFM.co.uk — The Big Pink and Dinosaur Pile-Up are just two... more info

Rock Sellout — Does Lou Barlow really need an introduction? I didn't think so. If you're not already familar with the work he's done with Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, and Folk Implosion, I strongly advise becoming acquainted. Lou has a new solo album slated to drop on Oc... more info