Stereogum — Bay Area five-piece the Mantles play starry-eyed psychedelic pop fast enough that it almost sounds like punk rock — or, at least, like the mid-’60s garage bands whose inability to sound like the Byrds or the Rolling Stones accidentally helped ins... more info

Stereogum — The Mantles have a breezy retro sound: a bit of Woods’ psychedelic inclination, a pinch of Real Estate jangly/languid guitars, a subdued trace of new wave a la Modern English. Papercuts’ Jason Quever produced the Bay Area band’s latest record, ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Buzzcocks at Coachella 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Buzzcocks, Titus Andronicus @ Webster Hall This is an excellent generation-crossing bi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sonny and the Sunsets in Austin in 2013 (more by Glen Brown) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Sonny and the Sunsets, Cassie Ramone, The Whips @ Death... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — (photo via @rebelsrule) Tickets for The Rentals' shows at Irving Plaza and The Stone Pony go on sale today at noon. Tickets for the SBTRKT show at Terminal 5 go on sale today at noon. Tickets for the Iceage show... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Papercuts released their fifth album, Life Among the Savages, back in May. If you dig rainy day baroque pop, Papercuts (the moniker of San Francisco's Jason Quever) do it very well and the new record's quite good. You can... more info

Stereogum — After he took some time earlier this year to collaborate with Ben Chasney (aka Six Organs of Admittance) under the name New Bums, Donovan Quinn is back with his main band Skygreen Leopards who will put out a new album Family Crimes this summer. It wa... more info

Stereogum — Last month Papercuts graced us with “Still Knocking At The Door,” our first preview of their first album in three years. Now here’s our second Life Among The Savages selection, and it’s a gas. The album’s title track is just as much of a lu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Papercuts, the nom de plume of San Francisco's Jason Quever, will release his fifth album, Life Among the Savages, on May 13 via Easy Sound/Memphis Industries. Quever's melancholic baroque sound is still in lovely effect on the... more info

Stereogum — It has been several years since we first heard Jason Quever’s last album as Papercuts, Fading Parade, but he’s back with a new album and label. Life Among The Savages will be out on Easy Sound Recording Co. and today we’ve got the first single,... more info