Guardian Music — Your chance to hear the band's fourth album before it's releasedThe prolific Atlanta quartet return with Halcyon Digest, an album recorded largely in their native Georgia and featuring the moving track He Would Have Laughed, which is dedicated to rec... more info

Stereogum — Expanding on Yo La Tengo’s approach to covering Matador bands while reading the lyrics off a sheet of paper in front of you, Spoon gave a go at the late Jay Reatard’s “No Time” while performing at Oak Ridge Park in Clark, New Jersey. It’s m... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Tardy said... An Interview with my Grandfather A conventional enough interview which has had all of the silences (and near-silences) removed. This is not an unusual practice in editing interviews, but here it makes for intense, perhaps uncomfortable ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Pinhead said... Red Red Wine On A Sunday #44 - Motivation Here's the Playlist: Statue Of Liberty, New Bomb Turks,Switchblade Tongues, Butterknife Brains Motivation,Tommy Stinson,Village Gorilla Head The Future, Turbo AC´S, Automatic Call Waiting, Bl... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Gorillaz show at Madison Square Garden are now on Sub Division (fan club) presale. They go on more public presales Thursday (8/5) from 10 AM until 5PM. Passwords include "HEBEACH" and "flute". Public sale begins Friday... more info

Stereogum — “Really? That’s crazy.” So says someone within earshot of the far-off video recorder capturing this majestic rendition of the late Memphis punker’s “Oh It’s Such A Shame” at the Mann Centre in Philly last night, after Win Butler introdu... more info

Guardian Music — (Bella Union)The title track of the third Wavves album suggests Nathan Williams has had enough of being the lo-fi guy who's known for cracking up onstage. King of the Beach isn't the work of a seven-stone weakling getting sand kicked in his face; it'... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — This has been a weird year for music deaths.  It seems like there's a new death every couple weeks.  And it's not minor players or older musicians.  Each of them has been a pivotal member of their musical legacy.  Alex Chilton was Big Star. ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Don Perry Last year, Wavves released Wavvves, an album of lo-fi, home-recorded noise-pop that made mastermind Nathan Williams internet-famous. Since then, he's had a tumultuous year-and-a-half, leaving a trail of onstage meltdowns and inter-... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — SO STEPHEN, BILLY [formerly of Jay Reatard's band] AND I WILL BE PLAYING OUR THIRD SHOW IN THE US TOGETHER TMRRW NIGHT [April 11th] AT THE HIGH TONE IN MEMPHIS. WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED SINCE THEY LET US SMOKE... more info