Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — (this post originally appeared on Pop Candy last week, but I've decided to re-post it with artwork and mp3's! Hope you like!)So you think you have your favorite album of the year already picked, do you?Not so fast - we still have four months of fanta... more info

The Quietus — New releases from Pavement founder more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about songs struggling to stay awake. Now we want you to suggest music to soundtrack a returning voyagerLast week was a quieter one in which we could all gather our thoughts, get some shut-eye and, if you're Tincanman, do a bit of g... more info

Stereogum — New York producer and multi-instrumentalist Jason Drake, aka Cassettes Won't Listen, has already given us the free One Alternative EP, which offered his laptop covers of Pavement, Sebadoh, etc., as well as his Ludacris/G 'N R mashup Ludacris Democrac... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Willard said...JOHN LENNON It's Gonna Be Alright - Plastic Ono Band Sessions (1970)Studio quality outtakes examining "Love."Listen Before You Download At...NEVER GET OUT OF THE BOAThttp://nevergetoutoftheboat.blogspot.comThanks Fuzzymp3hugger said...... more info

Guardian Music — Superlative praise is just one of the many ways the great outsider artist Daniel Johnston has been done a disserviceHe may not chase fame, but cult songwriter Daniel Johnston is currently receiving more attention than ever. With a movie of his life i... more info

Totally Fuzzy — danny bottle neck said...Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked RainChris Garneau - Music for Tourists http://chupchick.blogspot.comTHANKS!jeffen said...Is the supply of obscure seventies mod-punk-power-pop inexhaustible?Yes.V.A.- Every One A Classic Volum... more info

Stereogum — WHY? founding member and lead man Yoni Wolf pays tribute to another adept phrase turner with this cover of Pavement's "Shoot The Singer (1 Sick Verse)," from that band's 1992 EP Watery, Domestic. Wolf is sitting alone at the piano here, so it's a rea... more info

Totally Fuzzy — danny bottle neck said...múm - Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy (2007)Matt Elliott - Drinking Songs (2005)Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk (1967)Andrew Bird - Soldier On (2007)Tom Waits - The Early Years, Vol. One (1991)Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrju... more info

Live Daily — Sonic Youth [ tickets ] has added an additional leg of Western US dates to its itinerary this fall as the band continues to support its latest studio release, "The Eternal." The seven-city slate picks up where the band's current trek--which contin... more info