Stereogum — This is your chance to hear The Eternal's black metal-influenced lyrics and heavy ass weirdo hooks, albeit in supremely truncated form. At first the teaser's a frustrating listen: Each time something lands and sounds promising, it's onto the next ... more info

Pitchfork — The self-titled, self-released debut album from Brooklyn effects-pedal abusers A Place to Bury Strangers took bits and pieces from any number of 80s-vintage noise-pop heroes: Hissing drum machine rattles from Cabaret Voltaire, morose pop hooks from... more info

Idolator — Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? was Mike Watt's first solo album, and when it came out in 1995, I had never heard of the Minutemen. But I bought it anyway because of "Against the '70s," which was about the '70s being bad (of which I was aware) and was sung by E... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News Today, Oh Boy! Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon have announced that a reunited Blur will be headlining the June 24-28 Glastonbury Festival alongside Bruce Springsteen. Passion Pit are bringing their DIY dancetastic music to the masses,... more info

The Music Fix — News: Feraltone have announced the release of [i]Brand Neu![/i] for 11 May, with tracks by Oasis, Kasabian, Foals all paying tribute to the seminal German outfit. Tracklist: Ciccone Youth (Sonic Youth): "Two Cool Rock Chicks Listening to Neu!" P.... more info

Pitchfork — Just thinking about krautrock duo Neu! on this please-let-it-be-spring Brooklyn day makes me want to take an impromptu road trip to anywhere. They made car music for the long stretches in-between rest stops-- think endless drives through European fl... more info

Pitchfork — The last Dirty Projectors full-length, 2007's Rise Above, reimagined a Black Flag hardcore classic as an art-jazz cave painting, so these forever-fluctuating Brooklyn space cadets aren't exactly short on ambition. Since Rise Above, the band has lock... more info

All About Jazz — Sonic Youth To Release The Eternal Sonic Youth's 16th album, The Eternal, will be released on double vinyl, compact disc, and digital album by Matador Records on June 9. Produced by John Agnello and the band, The Eternal not only marks Sonic Youth'... more info

JamBase — Sonic Youth To Release The Eternal Sonic Youth's 16th album, The Eternal, will be released on double vinyl, compact disc, and digital album by Matador Records on June 9. Produced by John Agnello and the band, The Eternal not only marks Sonic Yo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Ryan Barkan Duffy @ Lollapalooza 2008 (more by Bao Nguyen) The cola war has been heating up globally in the last couple of months with music as the weapon of choice. Pepsi's image rebranding campaign, including a new smile-esque... more info