NME — Japanese Voyeurs will release 'Yolk' on July 11 - video more info

NME - The Bands Blog — Dinosaur Jr did a legendary cover of The Cure’s ‘Just Like Heaven’, but which well-known female artist also had some success covering the same track? “Um, I dunno (laughs).” Wrong. Katie Melua did a version in 2005. Are you familiar with he... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Bumped into them yesterday, purely by coincidence, on youtube, and was impressed right away. Here's a band to keep an eye on. They reminded me of Belly, and Tanya Donelly's other musical personae (Throwing Muses, The Breeders etc). Reading that thei... more info

Guardian Music — When a band member made a solo album, it used to signal the death of the group. But is it actually a mark of rude health?Time was, if a band's vocalist put out a solo album it meant only one thing: irreconcilable differences, singer and guitarist che... more info

Guardian Music — Mixing New York scuzz and west coast shimmer, this washed-out J Mascis purveys wondrous chill-grungeHometown: Jacksonville, Florida.The lineup: Uno Yu-No (music, production).The background: What's that over there? Is it a boy? Is it a band? No, it's ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Record Store Day is April 16, 2011We at Sub Pop Records will be very thoroughly celebrating Record Store Day this year, with a number of releases and events across the country very nearly beyond our meager ability to count. We’ll have limited-edit... more info

Stereogum — “Sara,” from J Mascis pal Chad VanGaalen’s fourth full-length album Diaper Island, opens with a pretty whistle then turns into a bit of a winsome lover’s sigh. The collection’s the first the Calgary hero’s done in his new home studio, Yok... more info

Totally Fuzzy — To make up for the error with the Ellie Goulding snippets of my previous post here's a real full album stream... and of a great album by the way. J Mascis (born Joseph Donald Mascis on December 10, 1965) is an American musician, best-known as t... more info

Impose Magazine — On the second night of two sold-out shows, J Mascis and Kurt Vile and The Violators brought a solid set of masterful guitar rock to Music Hall of Williamsburg, March 25. Kurt Vile opened with a set pulled heavily from his acclaimed album Smoke Ring F... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplanes b-sides EP (ZIP) Chad VanGaalen (photo by Jared Sych) Chad VanGaalen, whose recent work includes making J Mascis's new video for "Not Enough," is welcoming a new LP, Diaper Island, on May 17th, via... more info