Stereogum — Fred Cole, frontman for the long-running and cultishly beloved Portland underground rock trio Dead Moon, has died. Cole's wife Toody announced on the website of their current band Pierced Arrows that Cole died of cancer in his sleep last night. Cole ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Dead Moon @ Pioneer Works this summer (more by Keith Marlowe). As mentioned, Portland punk legends Fred Cole and his wife/bandmate Toody of Dead Moon and Pierced Arrows will be in NYC for a Halloween show at Union Pool.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Garage rock veterans Fred and Toody Cole (of Pierced Arrows, Dead Moon, and lots of other projects) have announced that they'll be putting the band on hold while Fred undergoes emergency open-heart bypass surgery. The pair write that doctors... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Pierced Arrows kick off a two month tour of North America in April that will include stops from coast to coast including Chaos in Tejas and NYC at Mercury Lounge on May 4th with Mr. Gnome. Tickets for that... more info

Stereogum — If you happen to own a Fender Jazzmaster and a Big Muff distortion pedal, odds are Dinosaur Jr. rank high in your music collection. Touring in support of their 1988 fuzz bomb masterpiece Bug, Dinosaur Jr. were interviewed by fellow SST records labelm... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Pierced Arrows (photo by Simone Muller) Pierced Arrows are out of the gate and on a US tour that will take them through the tail end of October ending in -no lie- Weed, California. But before the band... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Black Lips have released another new single. This time they gave “Best Napkin I Ever Had” to the Scion/AV label for a split single with Orgeon punk rockers Pierced Arrows. It is the second single that we’ve gotten from the less than calm Atlant... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Garage-rock smartasses Black Lips have a split EP with Oregon punk duo Pierced Arrows that's coming out next week, July 6, via Scion A/V. Here's the Lips' contribution, the snarling rocker "Best Napkin I Ever Had". MP3: The Black Lips: "Best Nap... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Cheap Time - Woodland Drive (MP3) Cheap Time... The last Scion Garage show at Knitting Factory brought Pierced Arrows and Black Lips to the venue on April 29th. Video from that gig is below. Catchy Tennessee garage punks Cheap... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Black Lips @ Brooklyn Bowl (more by Gabi Porter) It's all things Scion (the car) and Black Lips (the band) around here lately and that trend continues in this post. The next Toyota-sponsored garage rock show in Brooklyn will take... more info