Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Brad Wood (Liz Phair, Ben Lee, Pete Yorn, Sunny Day Real Estate, et al). Hope you do something grand. Listen to our MAGNET Classics Podcast on the making of Yorn’s musicforthemorningafter: The post Happy Birthday Brad Wood (Liz Phai... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy 55th birthday Jason Narducy (Bob Mould, Superchunk, Robert Pollard, Split Single, Sunny Day Real Estate, Michael Shannon). More power to your elbows. Photo for MAGNET by Chris Sikich. Watch our MAGNET television episode with him: The post Happy... more info

Stereogum — The Clearwater Swimmers released a promising self-titled debut in 2024. My pal Andy Downing wisely pointed out how Maine native Sumner Bright’s songs connected the dots between Neil Young and Andy Shauf; I’d say there’s some Real Estate in ther... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana). Ain’t it the life. Photo for MAGNET by Evan Albuck. Read Jason Narducy (Bob Mould, Superchunk, Sunny Day Real Estate, Split Single) in MAGNET on his old buddy Dave:  The post Happy Birthday Dave G... more info

Magnet Magazine — 30 years ago today, Sunny Day Real Estate released its self-titled second album. Or is it LP2? Or The Pink Album? Or is it our imagination? Read our classic Q&A with Jeremy Enigk: The post Sunny Day Real Estate Released Its Self-Titled Second Album 3... more info

Stereogum — Imagine starting a new creative endeavor and then being mentored by your heroes right off the bat. This was pretty much the case for Rocket, the Los Angeles quartet of 20-somethings who began making amped-up guitar music together in 2021. In the t... more info

Stereogum — Back in February, the esteemed record label Run For Cover and the venerable NYC concert promoter the Bowery Presents revived their long-dormant music festival Something In The Way — which had first taken place in 2016 at New York’s Webster Hal... more info

Stereogum — More money, more problems, as they say. Calvin Harris, the Scottish producer who was the world’s highest-paid DJ for most of the 2010s, has accused his financial advisor of stealing $22.5 million from him to fund a “boondoggle” Hollywood rea... more info

Stereogum — In 2016, bucolic New Jersey indie rockers Real Estate parted ways with founding guitarist Matt Mondanile amidst a storm of sexual assault allegations against Mondanile. The band quickly replaced him with Julian Lynch, a musician who also makes sol... more info

Stereogum — Real Estate are getting ready to celebrate 11 years and seven months of their album Atlas with an unorthodox anniversary tour, because why not? However, it turns out Julian Lynch won’t be playing guitar for those shows, as he has announced he’... more info