L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In an ever-growing world of generic, commercial and mass-produced music festivals, Desert Daze has made a name for itself as more of the eclectic, small-batch and well-curated variety. Using an extremely hands-on approach and never-ending refinement ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The New York Times examined the rise of feminist dystopian fiction. The Creative Independent interviewed My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields. October's best eBook deals. Tom Piazza profiled John Prine at the Oxford American. Catapult features new fic... more info

Obscure Sound — Lavender Blush are a noise-pop act from San Francisco, who embrace “home recording, atmospherics, and analog warmth,” within a sound steeped in shoegaze and post-punk elements. My Bloody Valentine’s influence is evident in the warming, gauzy gu... more info

The Quietus — My Bloody Valentine, Julia Holter and Shellac and more complete the line-up for this year’s edition of California psych festival Desert Daze more info

Consequence of Sound — My Bloody Valentine, Tame Impala, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard top on of the year's best bills. more info

Stereogum — To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Fender's iconic Jazzmaster guitar, musicians are sharing their stories and experiences for the "Offset Guitars" video series. My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields showed off his Jazzmaster collection in July, and... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — This week's edition of BrooklynVegan Blog Radio on SiriusXMU, like usual, features a mix of the brand new, the kinda new and the classic -- ripped from the headlines of this very blog! We played tracks from My Bloody Valentine, Cornershop, Beach... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — J Mascis' heavy psych band Heavy Blanket opened the show. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — 'I remember one of the first times I met Kevin Shields, he said 'I like that song 'Daydream,' [and I said] 'yeah I wonder why because I ripped it off of you.'' Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — J Mascis is in town. His band Heavy Blanket plays Coney Island Baby tonight with Stooges tribute band Ron & Scott (which J also plays in), and they open for My Bloody Valentine at Hammerstein the next night... Continue reading… more info