Guardian Music — Artist and proto-punk rocker, whose disturbing multimedia pieces were shown in leading galleries, is found dead in his LA homeThe American artist Mike Kelley has been found dead at his home in Los Angeles aged 57. Kelley received art world acclaim fo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Disappears at Cake Shop in 2011 (more by BBG) Disappears are releasing their third album (and first recorded with Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelly), Pre Language on March 1 via Kranky. We've mentioned that they're touring in support of the... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — First taste from Lee Ranaldo’s upcoming solo full-length, Between The Times And Tides, out March 20th via Matador Records. More Ranaldo news/etc over on his the Sonic Youth page (keep an eye out for 2012 tour dates). MP3: Lee Ranaldo :: Off The Wal... more info

Stereogum — A word on naming your songs: Generally speaking, a song title like “Off The Wall” (or “Thriller,” for that matter) should be way off-limits for those releasing their first proper “singer-songwriter” album. And generally speaking, those re... more info

Guardian Music — It's easy to assume Kacey Underwood and Alice Costelloe are a couple, such is the implied intimacy of their debut albumHometown: London.The lineup: Kacey Underwood (guitar, vocals) and Alice Costelloe (vocals, guitar).The background: Another day, ano... more info

Guardian Music — The music-loving world, temperamentally, seems to divide neatly into two. There are those who spend their idle hours thinking about which songs they would like to have played at their wedding; and those who spend their idle hours thinking about which... more info

Guardian Music — Brudenell Social Club, LeedsLike British bands Yuck, Mazes and Dinosaur Pile-Up, Staten Island's Cymbals Eat Guitars are in thrall to early-90s US alt.rock, hurling together Sonic Youth detuned guitars, Pavement-type lopsided melodies and (from gangl... more info

Stereogum — New York BTW Pop. 1280 will release a new album called The Horror early next year, and below, you can download a track from it. “Bodies In The Dunes” is a squealing, stomping bit of postpunk evilness that gives me vague flashbacks to Sonic Youth�... more info

Guardian Music — Adam Boult: Four fans explain what Sonic Youth mean to them. Plus vote for your favourite album by the NYC indie crewAdam Boult more info

Totally Fuzzy — The Duke Spirit are an English rock band based in London. Their sound has been seen as a melding of many influences ranging from the alternative noise of 1980s/90s guitar bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth and Spacemen 3, the tremulous r... more info