L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Aiming to break even and experiment with the music distribution landscape, the L.A. band and label Merge Records cut out CD sales for their new album.The Radar Brothers are the kind of band a label doesn't know how to handle. The problem? The Jim Put... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — On the Radar Brothers' eighth album the long-running Los Angeles guitar rock group founded by Jim Putnam continues its gradual, if at times glacially-paced, expansion. Twenty years after its formation, the band has thickened its sound with more dynam... more info

So Much Silence — Most days, I’m an anxious mess. For better or worse (usually worse), I let the details of life – no matter how minor – consume me. (Sorry, Mom, I’m biting my fingernails again.) The frantic and sometimes mindless chatter of our daily lives ha... more info

Totally Fuzzy — ROCKTIME said... ROCKTIME - Podcast Edition - n.11/10 --- THIS IS OUR MUSICAL PODCAST --- You can hear 60 years of Rock 'n' Roll in 60 minutes! ALL THE BEST. With the sound of: BUDDY HOLLY - Rave on (1958) DOC WATSON - Lonesome banjo (1964) SCREAMIN... more info

Stereogum — Making a rare venture Stateside, Scottish guitar jangle kings Teenage Fanclub dropped by the El Rey Theater in support of their new album Shadows, with local labelmates Radar Brothers opening. more info

Bradley's Almanac — My complete inability to make timely Almanac updates has resulted in my giving short-shrift to this most-excellent of giveaways: A pair of tickets to tomorrow night's Teenage Fanclub show at the Royale here in Boston. So this is going to be a quick... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Clean at Cake Shop in 2007 (more here) The Clean will hop on the bill of the recently added Teenage Fanclub show (their third in NYC overall) with Radar Brothers at Bowery Ballroom on 9/28 (tickets). Tickets are also... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "To celebrate the upcoming joint tour dates featuring Teenage Fanclub and Radar Brothers, we are having a sale! For a limited-time, get a bundle of Teenage Fanclub's Shadows and Radar Brothers' The Illustrated Garden on CD for only $21.98 with... more info

Rollo & Grady — The Clientele Merge Records is offering a free 14-song digital sampler on Amazon. The compilation features tracks from Let’s Wrestle, The Clean, Radar Brothers, Wye Oak, Shout Out Louds, She & Him, Alec Bathgate, Lambchop, The Clientele, Lou Barlow... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Radar Bros. or Radar Brothers, the group’s focal point has, and always will be, Jim Putnam. Just prior to SXSW we caught up with the re-tooled, and newly christened, “Brothers” for an Aquarium Drunkard session at bassist Be Hussey’s Glendale ... more info