Guardian Music — With woozy guitars playing over washes of keyboard, this somnolent synth-kid has inspired a new genre – hypnagogic popHometown: New Jersey.The lineup: Matt Mondanile (instruments, production).The background: On Monday, we interviewed legendary... more info

Rollo & Grady — Mexican Summer & Gorilla vs. Bear are teaming up for a day & night, official/unofficial party in Austin on Friday, March 19. Lineup includes Real Estate, The Sandwitches, Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, Pearl Harbor, Woodsman, jj, and others. MP3: The S... more info

Altsounds — Following an almost 15 year hiatus, all four original members (Jeremy Enigk, William Goldsmith, Dan Hoerner and Nate Mendel) of pioneering Seattle rock band *Sunny Day Real Estate* regrouped in 2009 to embark on a 20-city US tour as well as the re-is... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — [click for larger image] We're teaming up with the great Mexican Summer this year to bring you a day & night, official/unofficial blowout in Austin on Friday, March 19. Starring Washed Out, Memory Tapes, Real Estate, Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, jj, a... more info

Silent Uproar — Rx Bandits will set out on a spring US tour during March and April in continued support of last year's Mandala. The tour includes The Builders and the Butchers and Zechs Marquise on most dates. However, the Bandits join Sunny Day Real Estate and Glas... more info

Addict Music — The band, who feature current Foo Fighters bass player Nate Mendel and former band drummer William Goldsmith, will come to the UK for the first time ever more info

NME — Seattle band are back after almost 15 years on hiatus more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Total Slacker @ St James Church (more by Vincent Cornelli) CatholicVoteAction.Org, Culture War Notes, and Aufer A Nobis all have posts claiming "abomination", "sacrilige" and "desecration" at St James Church on Friday, 1/15. They're referring to the ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — It's been a hectic week 'round these parts and nothing serves as a sweeter release than the weekend. So in celebration of all things TGIF and IGIF, I'm cracking my dorkishly delightful whip and unleashing an entire week's worth of history mixery. O... more info

Guardian Music — (Bella Union)With their third album, the Baltimore duo of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally throw themselves on the ever-growing pile of American bands going for the heartstrings via a kind of wide-eyed, epic psych-pop. What separates Beach House from... more info