Stereogum — It'll be fun catching Paul McCartney, MBV, the Cure, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fucked Up, Morrissey, No Age, Fleet Foxes, the Hold Steady, Liars, Girl Talk, among others, in summery Indio, California. It'll be even more fun as a VIP. That in mind, Stereogum a... more info

Buzzgrinder — :: Neil Young isn't a fan of Youtube. Or at least Youtube's practice of not paying bands. :: Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste stopped tweeting long enough to write a blog post about the band's new album, Veckatimest, being leaked. :: 3OH!3 and Rocket To T... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Eric Landmark -- SF avant-rockers Deerhoof have teamed up with the collaborative music website Indaba to open up their song "Buck and Judy" for remixing--and re-playing-- purposes. They've uploaded the sheet music, tabs, and all the... more info

Stereogum — So far this week the NoisePop festival's brought us a taste of new St. Vincent and Deerhunter. Now we have the old performed in a new way: Hüsker Dü/Sugar frontman (and, now, Anti- solo artist and DJ) Bob Mould joined No Age onstage to do a... more info

Rawkblog — Apropos of nothing: I have to admit, it makes me like the No Age guys a lot more (as citizens of humanity, if not musicians) knowing they’re bros with Ryan Adams. And it makes me like Ryan Adams a lot more (impossible!?) knowing he owns/wears the d... more info

Stereogum — When we gathered up our favorite artists' year-end lists No Age included Crocodiles' "Neon Jesus" as one of their top 10 "shredders" of '08: "[Crocodiles are] a great new band from San Diego. This song is a real good kinda early eighties electro punk... more info

Pitchfork — -- Kelly Groucutt, bassist for ELO during their 1970s heyday, died of a heard attack on February 19, according to his official site. Groucutt was a core member of the group from 1974-1983-- that's his jaunty line on "Mr. Blue Sky". The AP reports th... more info

Pitchfork — It may seem like No Age's Dean Spunt and Randy Randall spend all of their time in sweaty basements and lofts banging out their dream-punk jams, but the pair also share an extra-musical passion: skateboarding. And these dudes aren't kidding around-- t... more info

Pitchfork — It may seem like No Age's Dean Spunt and Randy Randall spend all of their time in sweaty basements and lofts banging out their dream-punk jams, but the pair also share an extra-musical passion: skateboarding. And these dudes aren't kidding ... more info

Stereogum — Welcome to the Grammys 2009, which promises to be a very special night in which Radiohead will perform with the USC marching band (proof!) and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss will win all the awards. Of course with all the promised performances there... more info