ZME Music — The American rock band finally decided to share new information about the follow up of 2012’s King Animal. It was about time! If you really think about the fact that the last album was actually the first one released in 16 years this fresh news act... more info

Stereogum — Two grunge supergroups reunited in their home base of Seattle last night for a special concert called Sonic Evolution. Mad Season performed for the first time in 20 years with a lineup consisting of Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell, Pearl Jam’s Mike M... more info

Stereogum — The crushing Pacific Northwest doom-noise band Sandrider have always drawn influence from the metal-adjacent proto-grunge bands of a pre-Nevermind America. When we premiered their single “Scalpel” (from their fucking great 2013 LP, Godhead), I no... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — A couple weeks ago, I did a comprehensive break down of Wilco's b-side collection and what were the best tracks from the package.  Like Wilco, Soundgarden has released a collection pulling all their b-side and rare tracks from their epic career.... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — With the winter holidays approaching, box sets are the highlights of this week's new release list, including selections from Joni Mitchell, Soundgarden, and The Velvet Underground. What new releases are you picking up this week? What can you recommen... more info

Stereogum — This week we looked at 26 bands from the NYC rock resurgence of the ’00s (i.e., the bands that were cool when I started this blog 75 years ago). Meanwhile, several bands that were popular 20 years ago — Soundgarden, Faith No More, the Smashing Pu... more info

Stereogum — Next week, Soundgarden will release the three-CD rarities collection Echo Of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across The Path, which has already yielded the songs “Storm” and “Twin Tower.” One of the set’s unreleased songs is “Kristi,” a crushin... more info

Stereogum — Soundgarden is giving away a free song if you can solve a puzzle. The song in question is a remix of “The Telephantasm,” which first appeared on their 2010 compilation album of the same name and will appear on their upcoming rarities album Echo O... more info

Stereogum — Since learning about Soundgarden’s B-sides and rarities comp Echo Of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across The Path we’ve heard early original “Storm” and a Sly Stone cover. Now comes another previously unreleased track, a hard-hitting, discordant i... more info

Stereogum — Later this month, Soundgarden will drop the box-set rarities collection Echo Of Miles: Scattered Across The Path upon the world, and we’ve already posted the band’s re-recording of their 1989 song “Storm.” The same collection also includes a ... more info