Guardian Music — It is only a matter of time before these US alt-rockers will be acclaimed for their slow, atmospheric lo-fi lullabiesHometown: Baltimore, Maryland.The lineup: Victoria Legrand (vocals, organ) and Alex Scally (guitar, keyboards), with live percussion ... more info

Guardian Music — The woozy sound of these shoegazers has won over Chris Martin, who knows a thing or two about sending people to sleepHometown: London.The lineup: Tim Crompton (lead vocals, guitar), Stuart Peck (guitar, vocals), Alexia Hagen (keyboards, vocals).The b... more info

Stereogum — Ex-Titus Andronicus and Glen Rock, NJ resident Andrew Cedermark (he lives in Charlottesville, Virginia now) is releasing a split 7" with Family Portrait next week via Underwater Peoples. Cedermark represents on Side A with "Untruth" and "Hard Livin',... more info

Altsounds — The Clientele formed a long time ago in the backwoods of suburban Hampshire, playing together as kids at school, rehearsing in a thatched cottage remote from any kind of music scene, but hypnotised by the magical strangeness of Galaxie 500 and Felt, ... more info

Stereogum — I like the way "Scantrons" ushers in Tape Deck Mountain's Ghost, "an album about being a ghost, thinking you're a ghost, dreaming you're a ghost, being a ghost, and getting good grades in school." You get a waft of jangling Spaceman 3 echoes via thes... more info

Stereogum — Brooklyn noise-pop trio Grooms releases Rejoicer via Death By Audio in October. We thought energetic lead track "Dreamsucker" evoked Sonic Youth. This previously unreleased cover of "Wicked Game" offers a nod to a less likely artist. We asked guit... more info

Stereogum — Online retailer Insound celebrated its tenth year in business with an impressive line-up of local music and an unimpressive display of hipster bowling skillz (though they can blame that on the free beer). Suckers were the not-that-surprise perform... more info

Stereogum — It wasn't so long ago I posted about Galaxie 500 reissuing their original three albums and, in the process, brought up Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang's Damon & Naomi, Magic Hour, and the renaissance couple's twenty-year old Exact Change Press. Now th... more info

Quick Before It Melts — One of my fondest memories of last summer was reading Black Postcards, the memoirs of Galaxie 500 and Luna founder Dean Wareham.  His engaging writing style and unique perspective on the tediousness of the tour-record-tour cycle was totally engros... more info

Allmusic Blog — As was reported yesterday, sales of Michael Jackson’s albums have soared in the wake of his death. Today, Jackson now holds the top nine positions on Billboard’s Top Pop Catalog chart according to Nielsen SoundScan. [MTV.com] Galaxie 500 has rei... more info