Brooklyn Vegan — The 2015 edition of Wilco's Solid Sound Festival happens June 26-28 at Mass MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts, with performances from Real Estate, King Sunny Ade, Mac Demarco, Bill Frisell, Parquet Courts, Shabazz Palaces, Jessica Pratt, Wilco thems... more info

Stereogum — Every Other Summer, a new documentary about Wilco’s three-day Solid Sound Festival at Mass MoCA in North Adams, MA, is now available to rent or buy via Vimeo On Demand. Directed by Christoph Green and Brendan Canty, the film documents the most rece... more info

Stereogum — As a newer band, you can’t do much better than following in the footsteps of Pavement, and Clearance do that (and more) with an admirable flair. It’s good old-fashioned alt-rock, and the Chicago foursome know what they’re doing, and know how to... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Pavement are going through their closets and junk drawers for a series of five rarities compilations due out via Matador Records. The first of those is titled The Secret History Vol 1 and will be out August... more info

Stereogum — Pavement have just announced The Secret History Vol 1, a new rarities compilation to be released in August. The 30-track double LP will contain material from the Slanted And Enchanted era (1990-1992), including unreleased session tracks, John Peel se... more info

Stereogum — At this point Bob Nastanovich is at least as well known as a race horsing enthusiast as a member of Pavement and Silver Jews. Nastanovich is, for instance, the only known American to have attended race meetings at all 60 British racecourses, and he�... more info

Stereogum — On the title track from last year’s When, Burger Records rockers and blatant apostrophe-omitters Tomorrows Tulips run the label’s trademark throwback West Coast garage rock through a ’90s alt-rock churn. I’d cite Yo La Tengo’s immortal cove... more info

Stereogum — The winsome approach of Toronto quartet Grounders involves dredging up classic indie-rock sounds of the late ’90s and early aughts and putting a chilled-out, psychedelic spin on them, ending up with something gorgeous and casually grandiose. (Think... more info

Stereogum — Pavement’s Wowee Zowee came out 20 years ago today, but while we’re busy looking back, the band has begun teasing some “great news coming soon.” On a new Facebook page (which Matador Records tells us is legit) Spiral Stairs writes: hi pavemen... more info

Stereogum — Stephen Malkmus has always hated the Pavement/Nirvana comparison, but Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain was Pavement’s own twisted sort of Nevermind: the boldest, brightest, poppiest album of their career and the one that got them on the radio, if only br... more info