Stereogum — Today is Cassette Store Day, Burger Records' annual tape-centric answer to Record Store Day. This year's exclusive releases include Jay Reatard's Blood Visions, that dog.'s Old LP , Dr Dog's Midi Swamp, and a bunch of ska compilations. But Popular M... more info

Stereogum — Vivian Girls released their great comeback album, Memory, a few weeks ago -- it was our Album of The Week -- and over the weekend the band played their first shows since their 2014 farewell concert. During their set, they paid tribute to the late Jay... more info

Stereogum — Drakulas are an Austin punk band featuring members of Riverboat Gamblers and Rise Against, and their debut album Raw Wave is exceedingly rad. These guys specialize in bitingly catchy blasts of nervous tension built to stoke the pleasure center of any... more info

Consequence of Sound — Label owner Larry Hardy reflects on records by Ty Segall, The Gories, Jay Reatard, and other legends of the scene. more info

Stereogum — Last summer we premiered “Vibrant,” an accurately titled song by Tuscon rockers Prom Body. At the time, I described them like so: “an exceptional and exceptionally poppy strain of lo-fi garage rock — a buzzing conglomeration of the Buzzcocks,... more info

Stereogum — Danish quartet Yung will release their international debut EP Alter soon, but they recorded it in 2013, just two months after they formed. You can hear the excitement and urgency of fresh creation in lead single “Nobody Cares,” a furious blast of... more info

Stereogum — On their new limited edition 7″, synth-laden New York noise-punks Pop. 1280 explore the confluence of sex and violence. On B-side “Krankenschwester,” that sounds a lot like Jay Reatard’s Lost Sounds, Steve Albini’s Big Black, and Japanese s... more info

Stereogum — Australian instigators Ausmuteants’ self-described “postpop” skree reminds me of the unhinged keyboard-infused bombast of Jay Reatard’s late, great Lost Sounds. So it only makes sense that Goner, the Memphis punk and garage rock label that he... more info

Stereogum — On their upcoming Naughty By Natural, Tucson combo Prom Body practices an exceptional and exceptionally poppy strain of lo-fi garage rock — a buzzing conglomeration of the Buzzcocks, Jay Reatard, Wavves, the Strokes, Ty Segall, and a million obscur... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As you may know, Toronto punks PUP have been known to cover Jay Reatard's "My Shadow," which they've done live and also recently recorded. Like we've said before, they don't change it up much, but they do a good... more info