NME — 'Several Shades Of Why' is out on March 14 more info

411 Mania — ATP Thoughts, new Rural Alberta Advantage album, JEFF MANGUM PLAYED A GIG, new music from J Mascis, Jonny Greenwood, Low, and Mogwai , Jim O'Rourke "sells out", and more. more info

Stereogum — “Not Enough” is the first single from J Mascis’s forthcoming mostly acoustic collection Several Shades Of Why. For all of his primary bands and side projects, it’s being billed as his first studio-recorded solo collection. “Solo,” but Kur... more info

Here Comes The Flood — A tribute to the music of Neil Young will be held at Carnegie Hall, New York City on February 10th, 2011. All net proceeds go to charrity. Presented by Michael Dorf, entrepreneur and impresario, the tribute will feature 20 artists benefiting music... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — J Mascis @ Summerstage in 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) J Mascis has set to release his second solo acoustic album, and first album for Sub Pop on March 15. The album is called Several Shades of Why and... more info

NME — 'Several Shades Of Why' is due out on March 15, 2011 more info

Guardian Music — (Kartel)So many guitar bands are harking back to the early 1990s at the moment, it's tempting to suspect some sort of industry plot, keen to resurrect the grunge era when angst-ridden guitar groups were so popular that A&R men scoured places like Sto... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Dead Confederate will release their second studio album Sugar on Augest 24. They offer the new song Giving It All Away, with J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr) on guitar, as a freebie. MP3: Dead Confederate - Giving It All Away Video: Dead Confederate - The ... more info

Guardian Music — (Sub Pop)John Peel used to talk approvingly of records that sounded as if they had made themselves – referring to music so unbridled that the guitars seemed to have wrested control of themselves back from their human owners. The debut album from Lo... more info

The Music Fix — for a springtime UK tour more info