Sweeping The Nation — Albums there are dates for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Wigout At Jagbags (6th January)Broken Bells – After The Disco (13th January)East India Youth - Total Strife Forever (13th January)I Break Horses - Chiaroscuro (20th January)Mogwai - Rave Ta... more info

Sweeping The Nation — One track you'll have seen on our Tumblr (but therefore not on Hype Machine, which is why it's cravenly being reposted), one new out today, both from one of our favourite new British guitar bands of the very recent past's debut album Isla... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The A.V. Club shares an excerpt from The Believer's mini-book Judy Blume In Conversation With Lena Dunham. Rolling Stone interviews Robert Pollard about the future of Guided By Voices. 24 online year-end "best books of 2013" lists were added to... more info

KEXP Seattle — Happy Thanksgiving! Or, “Thankskilling,” if you ask Morrissey, who has penned an open letter to President Obama accusing him of laughing “as 45 million birds are horrifically abused.” Read the whole thing online here: [Pitchfork] It’s been ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Our first taste of February's Motivational Jumpsuit. more info

Impose Magazine — Dedicated Honey Radar fans, rejoice. (We know you're out there.) Philadelphia's most exciting underground bedroom project by the mysterious Jason Henn has put out a three-song release called A Ballerina In Focus and it's pushing all the r... more info

Starpulse — Indie rockers Guided By Voices' drummer Kevin Fennell has left the band after putting his kit up for sale online. Last week (begs14Oct13), Fennell put his equipment on auction site ebay.com and no... more info

Consequence of Sound — Now, the ex-bandmates are squabbling over e-mail. more info

Prefix — Photographs of Saturday at Riot Festval in Denver (September 21st, 2013) Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/denver-riot-festival-2013-saturday-pics/ more info

Powerpopulist — Here are our faves from the second fabulous cover collection by Futureman Records' Keith Klingensmith and the TM Collective. They're all available for free download on a name-your-price basis. We know you know the artists they're coverin... more info