Aquarium Drunkard — Will “Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy” Oldham has a habit of materializing in interesting places: behind the camera, shooting the cover of Slint’s Spiderland; behind Johnny Cash, singing background vocals on the Man in Black’s cover of his song, �... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Cat Power @ Modern Sky Festival 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall), whose last album was 2012's Sun, recently released a a new song, "Anthem," that is featured in the short documentary Skateboarding in Pine Ridge.... more info

Stereogum — Cat Power has a new song, “Anthem,” that’s featured in a Levi’s-produced short documentary called Skateboarding In Pine Ridge about two South Dakota skateparks. The rest of the music for the documentary was scored by Slint’s David Pajo, and... more info

Stereogum — Media Jeweler play gleefully spastic frayed-nerves rock music that draws from a wealth of underground scenes, as we’ve witnessed via “Passport Invalid” and “No Exit” — and especially in the former’s hilariously doomy Toy Story-inspired ... more info

Stereogum — The Connecticut five-piece Empty Flowers make a hard and flinty but intricate form of postpunk, one that somehow recalls Lungfish, Slint, and Girls Against Boys at the same time. We gave Album Of The Week honors to their fantastic and underrated 2012... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — David Pajo, a well-respected guitarist who cofounded the band Slint, was recovering Friday after what is believed to have been a suicide attempt. more info

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Brooklyn Vegan — David Pajo looking positive in the hospital (via Instagram) Slint's David Pajo (aka Papa M) has apparently attempted suicide, but thankfully has survived. Message boards started to get busy with rumors last night after Pajo posted a suicide note whic... more info

Stereogum — Since 2008 I’ve put together a holiday-time video tribute to the year’s band breakups. It’s a sad endeavor really, but there is a bright side. Sometimes it takes a decade or more of inactivity for a band to really maximize its fanbase. Ask Amer... more info

Stereogum — Kim Deal, of inimitable Pixies and Breeders fame, has been releasing a solo 7″ series all year. Her latest is “Biker Gone” b/w “Beautiful Moon,” which she’s just put out today along with a video for the A-side. The video was directed by L... more info