Clickmusic — ATP: Nightmare Before Christmas sees Sonic Youth, The Horrors and more on the bill. more info

NME — My Bloody Valentine curate December festival more info

Buzzcocks, Spectrum, F***ked up and more announced to join My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth and others for the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas this December. more info

411 Mania — Once named the album of 1991 over works by Nirvana, My Bloody Valentine, R.E.M. and more, Bandwagonesque is an unfairly maligned masterpiece of power pop. more info

Guardian Music — They have been one of the most innovative and influential bands of the past 20 years. As Blur re-form for a series of concerts next month, Ally Carnwath, Miranda Sawyer and Imogen Carter speak to those who know them best about the hedonism of 90s Bri... more info

8/1 — New single | David EPThe Radio Dept. are related to such genres as Dream pop, Indie pop, Shoegaze and Twee Pop, with reviews comparing them to Pet Shop Boys, My Bloody Valentine and the Cocteau Twins On their website, they cite influences such as Cha... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Sir Charlie Palmer said...Upstate Songs – Devon Sproule Mr. Everything – Chuck Jackson http://sircharliepalmer.blogspot.comLucky said...Bagpipe Logic @ Lucky Psychic Hut:* Bagad Kemperle - Kejadenn (Silex 1993)* Rova Saxophone Quartet -... more info

The Vinyl Villain — On the day this blog is posted I’ll be as old as the speed a 7” record plays at. In 1989, when the band I played bass with, called Silverfish, first started playing gigs, I suspect I would have regarded this age as ancient. I still play ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ben said...Songs about mothers at Moistworks:Jack Bruce, "Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune"Blurt, "My Mother Was A Friend of the Enemy of the People"Swamp Dogg, "You Say You Trust Your Mother"Randy Newman, "Mama Told Me Not To Come"John Lenno... more info

Buzzgrinder — Imagine if Social Distortion came from Scotland. Or if a bunch of northern UK oi boys decided to do a cover album of ballads from the 50s and 60s, then drench it in a wall of noise stolen from My Bloody Valentine. (In fact, there's a track of ... more info