Stereogum — So much better than their sophomore album's working title, Mad Kudos. Spacemen 3's Peter Kember produced and Dave Fridmann mixed Congratulations, which will be out April 13. Andrew VanWyngarden reveals the tracklist and the album's "surfing thread" o... more info

MTV.com News — The group returns with a new album this year, but without any single releases.By Kyle Anderson MGMT Photo: Sony/Columbia It's hard to believe that Oracular Spectacular, the breakout album from Brooklyn psychedelic dance duo MGMT, originall... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Brian Jonestown Massacre is back and set to release their tenth studio album, Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? on February 23rd. The 13-track album was recorded throughout 2009 in Iceland and Berlin and features Spaceman 3 legend Will Carruthers on... more info

Guardian Music — These brothers from Brooklyn sound a bit like MGMT were they to hook up with moustachioed disco producers from the 1970sHometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Robert Perlick-Molinari (lead vocals, synths, French horn) and David Perlick-Molinari (vocals, prog... more info

Altsounds — *The Brian Jonestown Massacre* is back and set to release their tenth studio album, *Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?* on *February 23rd*. The 13-track album was recorded throughout 2009 in Iceland and Berlin and features Spaceman 3 legend *Will Carruthers... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: UKFlorence Welch, Lady Gaga, La Roux and Little Boots were the "new" headline figures in music in 2009. These feisty females certainly kicked up a storm in terms of sales figures, gossip column inches and controversy, but the story behin... more info

NME — Pierce adds that he's working on a new Spiritualized album more info

Stereogum — We posted Tape Deck Mountain's "Bat Lies" and "Ghost Colony" at the beginning of October, but I clearly had "Scantrons" on my mind: I like the way "Scantrons" ushers in Tape Deck Mountain's Ghost, "an album about being a ghost, thinking you're a ghos... more info

Stereogum — Ex-Titus Andronicus and Glen Rock, NJ resident Andrew Cedermark (he lives in Charlottesville, Virginia now) is releasing a split 7" with Family Portrait next week via Underwater Peoples. Cedermark represents on Side A with "Untruth" and "Hard Livin',... more info

Guardian Music — Cockpit, LondonJohn Carpenter's film The Fog is hard to forget if you're of nervous disposition. In the 1980 horror flick, mysterious invaders come out of a swamping mist, only to wreak untold havoc. It's a bit like that watching the Big Pink. The st... more info