LargeHeartedBoy — Maggie Nelson reconsidered Darcey Steinke's novel Suicide Blonde (first published 25 years ago) at the Paris Review. NPR Music is streaming Beth Ditto's new album Fake Sugar. NPR Music is streaming Royal Trux's new album Platinum Tips + Ice Cream.... more info

Stereogum — The scuzzy, gnarled '90s trash-punk duo Royal Trux broke up in 2001, after somehow surviving in the underground long enough to get a major-label deal. Two years ago, they reunited to play the Berserktown II festival in LA, and they've played occasion... more info

Stereogum — POP Montreal will celebrate its #Sweet16 this September, and as usual the festival has lined up an eclectic array of performers for its assortment of showcases across the city. Topping the bill are revived lo-fi shit-kickers Royal Trux, samba legend ... more info

Stereogum — '90s scuzz-rock swamp monsters Royal Trux broke up in 2001 and reunited for a few live shows in 2015, and last month, they announced the impending release of Platinum Tips & Ice Cream , their first new album in 17 years. Rather than heading into a s... more info

Consequence of Sound — Platinum Tips and Ice Cream features "live and unrehearsed" recordings of past Royal Trux classics. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — It'll be RTX's first since the early '00s and, in true Trux fashion, they made it in two days (one in each city), "live and unrehearsed." Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Beloved '90s trash-blues duo Royal Trux haven't released an album since 2000's Pound For Pound, and they broke up in 2001. But they got back together two years ago to play a show at the Berserktown II Festival in Los Angeles. And now they've announce... more info

Stereogum — The Tablets are Liz Godoy and Brenden Beu, a musical duo from San Diego now operating out of Brooklyn. They make a darkly noisy hybrid of girl-group pop and new wave, like Stereolab trying to write a Royal Trux song and landing on some alternate-univ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "It was hard to come up with something positive from 2016 to turn into a list, but a Top Ten of what I love about Royal Trux seems topical enough." - Jeffrey Novak Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — While he's been getting more attention with the Royal Trux reunion shows, Neil Michael Hagerty continues to make music on his own, having released Denver this spring... Continue reading… more info