WFMU's Beware of the Blog — In the mid-'70s, the punk sound sprang forth in the seedy downtown New York dives CBGB and Max's Kansas City, the fetid spawning ground of the cream of the crud, including the Ramones and Suicide and the Voidoids and Wayne... more info

Idolator — From time to time, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. After the jump, we look at the critical reaction to TV On The Radio's new album, Dear Science, which comes out in the US tomorr... more info

Detroit Free Press — On record, French Kicks' silken, highbrow indie pop often verges on gorgeous; onstage, the music gets kicked up with an extra punch of energy. The New York band hits Pontiac as part of a quick North American dash in advance of its new "Covers" E... more info

Stereogum — French Kicks released Swimming, fronted by the dreamy ("post-punk for cocktail hour," we called it) "Abandon" and some coffee-fresh cover art, back in May. The New York quartet are heading on tour to support said collection, but are also offering up... more info

A Deeper Shade of Soul — Nowadays, it’s taken for granted that we live in an era of “niche.” We have several-hundred cable channels, YouTube, websites to appeal to anyone’s deepest interests and literally an infinite amount of entertainment and inf... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Chocoreve said... Songs The Cramps Taught Us - Vol. 4 http://chocoreve.blogspot.com Ekko said... The Ramones - CBGB, New York City, NY 06-10-77 (Set... [Visit the blog for the full post] more info