Guardian Music — These Vally girls are building considerable buzz with their cacophonous combo of vocal howl and primitive bashHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Lindsey Troy (voice, guitar), Julie Edwards (drums).The background: We've had boy-girl primal blues-rock d... more info

Guardian Music — MGMT, the Kills and Best Coast to cover some of Fleetwood Mac's biggest hits on forthcoming albumSome of the world's biggest indie artists have come together with a host of music legends to celebrate the work of Fleetwood Mac on a new compilation.The... more info

411 Mania — From Joan Jett, Shirley Manson and Stevie Nicks to Janis Joplin, Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, Patti Smith and more, the 411 staff ranks their top 5 women in rock music! more info

Impose Magazine — From late Apri to mid May 2012, photographer Joshua Cobos documented the band Lilac in a studio along with other things on 35mm film. Oh, and there's a special guest appearance from Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. See more images from this post. more info

Guardian Music — Brudenell Social Club, LeedsThe apparent end of Sonic Youth has produced the unlikely emergence of the band's co-founder as a sweetly tuneful rocker. After 30 years crafting walls of detuned guitar noise with the New York punk provocateurs, Lee Ranal... more info

Guardian Music — While all the other ageing rockers are reforming and creaking around on stage, Morrissey has decided to bow out with dignityIn 1987, shortly before his powers left him, Morrissey wrote a song called Little Man, What Now? Inspired, apparently, by watc... more info

ContactMusic — Yoko Ono has teamed up with former members of Sonic Youth to record a new charity record Her Early in the Morning track with Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon will be released as a limited edition 10-inch vinyl record on 19 June 12 The release which... more info

DrownedInSound — Lee Ranaldo, legendary axeman and noisemaker for Sonic Youth - among countless other collaborators - dropped a new solo album, Between the Times and the Tides earlier in the year. Starting off as a slightly more straight-forward but no less exciting ... more info

XLR8R — Although the tracklist of Daedelus' brand-new FACT mix looks like a jumbled sonic hodgepodge, the producer has once again found a way to weave together disparate sounds from the likes of Bone Thugs N Harmony, Sonic Youth, Jacques Greene, and Mr.... more info

Guardian Music — Twice a week we invite independent music writers and bloggers to tell us about what they do. Today: a site in the business of slaying sacred cows and praising musical geniusWho are you and what's your blog called?I am Charlotte Corday and my website ... more info