Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Honeyblood are a duo from Glasgow, Scotland who've been around for about two years. Their first single, "Bud," came out last year and with their clear voices, strong melodies and twangy, reverby sound, comparisons to Best Coast... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Temples @ Coachella last weekend (more by Dana [distortion] Yavin) Hudson River Park's River Rocks returns to Pier 84 this summer for three Thursdays of free outdoor shows. The 2014 lineup leans decidedly Anglophilic: Wild Beasts (who were in NYC... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Teenage Fanclub @ Williamsburg Waterfront, 2010 (more by Amanda Hatfield) As mentioned a couple times, Merge Records is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, culminating in the Merge 25 festival in Carrboro, NC from July 23 - 26. They've just..... more info

Stereogum — We recently named British duo Nai Harvest a Band To Watch on the strength of their tremendous Hold Open My Head EP, a winsome collection of densely harmonic and emotionally charged guitar pop. One of the bands that undoubtedly inspired the former emo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The New Mendicants -- aka Joe Pernice and Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake -- released their debut album, Into the Lime, earlier this year. Take a listen via Rdio, and you can also hear it live if you're going to... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — BirdskullsFrom: Brighton/Bournemouth/ExeterThe brilliant Alley Gorey from south coast trio Birdskulls combines the slacker pop smarts of Teenage Fanclub with the grunge punk thrills of Mudhoney.  It may only be January but I may already have found t... more info

Powerpopulist — Here are our faves from the second fabulous cover collection by Futureman Records' Keith Klingensmith and the TM Collective. They're all available for free download on a name-your-price basis. We know you know the artists they're coverin... more info

Sixeyes — Fire Records band, Surf City, announce the date of release for their upcoming record, We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This. August 19th is the day and here's the sound. You can almost see, feel, and taste the rust being flailed off the gu... more info

Guardian Music — The Guardian reader commonly known as llamalpaca gives us his choices from last week's threadThis week's playlist has been selected by llamalpaca.Biblical, spiritual, mysterious and sometimes downright unbelievable: miracles have been two a penny thi... more info

Guardian Music — Indie mogul says 'music needs a kick in the balls' and he may revive his legendary label to deliver the blowAlan McGee may resurrect Creation, the label he founded in 1983. The former music mogul and self-styled "Presidente" of the label retired from... more info