Stereogum — SCORE! 20 Years Of Merge Records: THE REMIXES! features Caribou, Four Tet, Xiu Xiu, Mark Robinson, the Blow, and others tackling classic and current Mergers. It's out 11/17 as a CD/download and is currently streaming for a limited time at Merge. more info

Stereogum — Brooklyn quartet the Bloodsugars reference the last sentence of Samuel Beckett's The Unnamable via the title of I Can't Go On, I'll Go On, their followup to last year's BQEP. You get a sense of their attention to words in "Light At The End Of The Tun... more info

Rock Sellout — Whenever I hear that a Floridian transplants to the Windy City, I immediately wonder if they had experienced the arctic winter climate before making the decision? It does seem that a midwestern winter has a tendency to bring out creativity through fi... more info

Rock Sellout — September 29th marks the release of Spoons first 4 records (Telephono/Soft Effects, Series of Sneaks, Girls Can Tell, and Kill the Moonlight) in deluxe digital format. No word on the actual deluxe part of the releases, but all will contain high qual... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Guitar player Sturgis Nikides has a few live date coming up, including a re-enactment, sort of, of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable: A multi-media performance party and concert featuring covers from the Factory days and more. Charlie and Adam Roth... more info

Live Daily — New York indie rockers White Rabbits [ tickets ] will head out on tour this fall to support their second studio album, "It's Frightening." The six-member group kicks off the outing Oct. 17 in Washington, DC. Suckers, Local Natives and Glass Ghost ... more info

My Old Kentucky — Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance must be forgiven for failing to participate in the ongoing mass eulogizing of indie record labels. Truth be told, they've been too concerned with other matters, specifically, guiding both a band and a label into their... more info

Live Daily — Britain's Academy of Contemporary Music has opened a satellite location in Edmond, OK, and members of local act The Flaming Lips [ tickets ] will get involved with students. Scott Booker, The Flaming Lips' longtime manager, has been appointed CEO ... more info

The Newsroom — REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY star Gretchen Rossi leaves the OC and takes us to the Silver Spoon celebrity resort in Malibu, where some of Hollywood's biggest stars go to relax by the beach. Plus, more makeup tips! more info

Totally Fuzzy — Retro Lado B said...Tom Petty - Damn The Torpedoes (1979)Styx - Paradise Theater-(1981)Heart - 2002-07-03 - Clearwater, FL (bootleg-soundboard)http://retrolb.blogspot.comBuns O'Plenty said...Lee Morgan - Cornbread (1965)http://bunsoplenty.blogspot.co... more info