Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Menace Beach are from Leeds, the same English City that that also birthed Hookworms and Eagulls (and Gang of Four and Sisters of Mercy). Named after an old NES game, the band's sound owes a little to... more info

Sweeping The Nation — The start of a very occasional series takes as its key point the obvious and undeniable fact that the list of NME covers on Wikipedia is the very best page on the internet. But why stop there? Why can't we chart the whole of pop culture by rise a... more info

Topix — Behold the merger of rock & roll and skateboarding culture! Behold an essential link in Austin's punk rock timeline! Behold the license to "go start your own band" without Xeroxing the Ramones! "Punk funk" was already airborne when the Big Boys cut t... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Erez Avissar/Weird Magic. For all of our SXSW 2013 coverage, head here. The Leeds-based melodic punk band Eagulls are not the sort of group that seems to be comfortable inside the corporate shit-show of SXSW. (Revisit their handwritten ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Off the post-punk group's forthcoming EP. more info

Impose Magazine — If you've been waiting for a new Gang of Four song, you're probably really bored and living in a cave, but I guess thank your lucky stars that the day has finally come. The band, who has only one remaining member, Andy Gill, is planning an EP... more info

Impose Magazine — If you've been waiting for a new Gang of Four song, you're probably really bored and living in a cave, but I guess thank your lucky stars that the day has finally come. The band, who has only one remaining member, Andy Gill, is planning an EP... more info

Prefix — Publishing company Continuum began printing its 33 1/3 series, in which individual albums are explored in 100-plus-page installments, in 2003. ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/continuum-set-to-publish-33-13-books-on-kanye-w... more info

Swedesplease — I prefer my punk to be more Wire and Gang Of Four than Black Flag or The Descendents. I just need a little bit of harmony mixed in with the angsty noise. The Retractables from Gothenburg come pretty close to my ideal mix. Here’s their song “Myste... more info

Guardian Music — Time magazine's London bureau chief for the past five years, Catherine Mayer, has been promoted to Europe editor. Good for her - she's an excellent writer. That fact is echoed in the hymn of praise to her skills in the official announcement of her pr... more info