Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the two Brooklyn Sonic Youth shows. A video trailer for the new double album SENSO by White Out with Jim O'Rourke and Thurston Moore on Ecstatic Peace, below...... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Built To Spill gets no respect. Without BTS...there would be no Modest Mouse. Without Modest Mouse...there would be no 764-HERO...or I mean there would no Against Me! They were the unsung Pink Floyd of grunge. The King Crimson of Seattle. The ugl... more info

Guardian Music — Sampling, dance-rock, cross-genre cover versions … Age of Chance did it all 20 years ago, but no one was listening. As their back catalogue goes online, the original members look back at how it all started"I feel really proud that we were pione... more info

Guardian Music — The reunited American indie-rockers are to headline next year's ATP festival in Minehead. And you may even get the chance to watch them bowl!The reunited Pavement will headline and curate next year's All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Minehead. Their... more info

411 Mania — 'Ecstatic Peace Library' will release first book next year... more info

Stereogum — I like the way "Scantrons" ushers in Tape Deck Mountain's Ghost, "an album about being a ghost, thinking you're a ghost, dreaming you're a ghost, being a ghost, and getting good grades in school." You get a waft of jangling Spaceman 3 echoes via thes... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Talk Normal photos by Lori Baily Thurston "goes acoustic" @ United Palace Theater in July (more by Bao Nguyen) Sonic Youth will follow up their currently-sold-out November 21st Terminal 5 show (with Dinosaur Jr. and Cold Cave) with a pair... more info

Live Daily — Alt-rockers Dinosaur Jr. [ tickets ] will launch a massive fall headlining tour early next month in support of the band's ninth studio album, "Farm," which hit stores in June. The group gets things underway Oct. 2 and 3 in Cambridge, MA. Four date... more info

MTV.com News — After 10 years apart, '90s indie rockers have announced concert in New York's Central Park next year.By James Montgomery Pavement's Stephen Malkmus Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/ Getty Images After nearly 10 years, four reissues (and four Stephen... more info

Guardian Music — Anonymous sources say the indie band, who split up 10 years ago, will play New York SummerStage event and may announce further datesAfter almost a decade of waiting, Pavement fans - rejoice. One of America's most influential indie rock bands will rep... more info