Guardian Music — Pop and indie collide in this straightforward but wonderful single from the Australian alt-rock fixturesAustralian rock music: it's not got the best of reputations, has it? Quite right too, you might conclude, with more famous recent exports such as ... more info

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Topix — Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo brings his solo project to Toad's Place in New Haven Monday night, May 7, as the opening act for M. Ward. more info

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Totally Fuzzy — The Brooklyn pigfuck pals enter the void New York skingrater crew White Suns have unleashed a noise-punk masterpiece with their new 40-minute voidscape Sinews. After helping lead the charge of new NYC pigfuck (see also the Men, Pop. 1280, Pygmy Shr... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher "So, um, yeah that was Kim Gordon who just walked by me and then got on stage to play one Kraftwerk song. This not happen again." - Joel Mellin Sonic Youth at Williamsburg Waterfront in 2011 (more... more info

Guardian Music — These mavens of motorik like to draw on rock history – and they certainly look the part, like members of a 1972 krautrock bandHometown: London.The lineup: Tom Dougall (vocals, guitar), Dominic O'Dair (guitars), Maxim Barron (bass, vocals), Alejandr... more info

Here Comes The Flood — London band The Fierce And The Dead goes for a tougher sound on their new EP On VHS. With four tracks that can be labeled as instrumental prog metal, Stevens, Feazy and Marshall grit their teeth to follow each others improvised chord progressions a... more info

Impose Magazine — How many generations ago were rRope a band? It's hard to track this kind of musical progression these days. We can mount something on a physical date (for instance, rRope performed their last show opening for Sonic Youth at the Fillmore in 1998) ... more info