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

MTV.com News — Congratulations, the duo's sophomore effort, is reportedly due out early next year.By James Montgomery MGMT Photo: Samir Hussein/Getty Images MGMT's Oracular Spectacular made them sorta stars when it came out in 2008 (after an earlier d... more info

My Old Kentucky — In a former life, Louisville-based musician Joe Meredith fronted a shiny pop band we enjoyed quite a bit, but times, bands and sounds have changed. What remains the same is our enjoyment of his work. Meredith's new project, Invaders, brings a heavi... 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

Spinner.com — Filed under: UK, Band of the WeekThe Big Pink's mission may just be to confuse us from the word go.When you name your band after the title of a record by Bob Dylan's fellow travellers the Band, visions of pastoral, woozy folk-rock are only to be expe... more info