Obscure Sound — Kitchenette, the project of Amsterdam musician Chris O. Kikic, impressed this past August with “Upon the Shoulders“, recalling The War on Drugs with its excellent “woah-oh”-ing hooks, lush organ backing and hypnotic guitars. The project impre... more info

Obscure Sound — Richmond, Virginia-based Harvie Ashby showcases his multi-instrumental and self-production prowess on new track “Skeleton Bone Blues,” a charismatic rocker that reminds of Supergrass’ passionate vein of alt-rock. Ashby, who has been self-produc... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Britpop Now! Yeah! There is a little of that, judiciously selected, in our 1995 roundup but also a reminder that very interesting things were happening just out of that sightline both in the fringes and in dance areas and American lo-fi (Number One C... more info

Obscure Sound — “Sharpie Head” is a charismatic, stylistically engaging listen from The Laytcomers, a rock act out of Fremont, California. Guitar distortion and kazoo-like enthusiasm give this track a peppy start, reminiscent in its snarling vocal tone to Superg... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Cool Britannia! Backing Britain! Noel at No.10 with Tony! (There's a reason why we're posting this on 1st May 2017, obviously) Yeah, 1997 was the year that all kind of evaporated and Be Here Now was key in making it that way, alongside the ol... more info

Obscure Sound — Phileas Fogg’s new track “Ready Or Not” shows some impressive melodic adventuring in its first minute alone, traversing from a loose psych-rock stroll into a ferociously urgent punk-laden push at 00:35, reminiscent a bit of Supergrass’ psych-... more info

Obscure Sound — Paris-based rockers Plymouth Fury’s constantly excitable sound shows in full form throughout “Double Middle Fingers”, a raucous effort that recalls the infectiously excitable tone of fuzz-friendly Brit-pop rockers like Supergrass, circa I Shoul... more info

Guardian Music — As the Supergrass founder launches his latest project under new moniker Vangoffey, he selects five of his most played tracksI love Elliott Smith. His voice is so real and fragile. There is a great live clip of this song, in which he forgets the lyric... more info

The Independent — Supergrass legend Gaz Coombes will join Field Day headliners Ride and Patti Smith at the Victoria Park festival this year, performing material from his new solo album Matador as well as some of his greatest hits. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — BuzzFeed recommended contemporary poets you should read. PopMatters interviewed Doug Martsch about the new Built To Spill album Untethered Moon. Former Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes listed his favorite albums at The Quietus. Book Riot recommended A... more info