Allmusic Blog — It’s nothing new to drop superlative after superlative on My Bloody Valentine and their 1988 album Isn’t Anything. People have been doing it for twenty-plus years and really what more could anyone add? All I can say is that hearing the album for ... more info

MTV.com News — 'As long as we're proud of it, that's all that matters,' frontman Brian Aubert says of Carnavas follow-up.By James Montgomery, with reporting by Matt Elias Silversun Pickups Photo: Wyatt Troll When the Silversun Pickups were writing Swoon,... more info

The Newsroom — With Friday the 13th and My Bloody Valentine 3-D hitting it big at the box office, we gotta ask ourselves Who's the Bigger Badass? Jason Voorhees or Harry Warden? AITH's Ammon Gilbert leads the way to finding out in this clip from Episode #15 of the ... more info

Guardian Music — Waiting around for Kevin Shields is all part of the fun, reckons Ben WardleThere are not many durable aphorisms in the fickle world of pop music. Never Listen To Any Band Noel Gallagher Recommends would be one; Rod Stewart's Hair Will Outlive Us All ... more info

Pitchfork — -- Power Shift is a two-day clean energy rally that kicks off today at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC and runs through March 2. If you care about the future and want to help convince the U.S. government to stop catering... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Kyle GustafsonWhen we last left Cure frontman Robert Smith he was bitching about iTunes UK overcharging for his band's 2008 EP, Hypnagogic States. And now he's bitching about Radiohead not charging enough for their 2007 album In Rainbows. M... more info

Guardian Music — Over the past decade one group has helped destroy the idea that the heavier reaches of metal are conservative backwaters, forever in thrall to black leather and compulsive musical onanism. Formed by Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson as a tribute ban... more info

Pitchfork — Anyone who rented Vicky Christina Barcelona shouldn't be hurting for excuses to jump on a plane to Spain, but we're giving you one anyway. Last month, we announced that Pitchfork would curate a stage at this summer's Primavera Sound Festival, which ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Next Previous Blog home McGee on music: My top five Oasis gigsI didn't know it at the time, but Noel Gallagher studied U2 to make Oasis the world's greatest live band.Next Previous Blog home McGee on music: My top five Oasis gigsI didn't know it at t... more info

Guardian Music — Oasis are on the fourth leg of their world tour this week and we should feel blessed. Noel and Liam are a notorious live act. Noel: stalwart, bashing out classic chords like hits of lightning. Liam: one of the best vocalists since Elvis, sending out ... more info