Totally Fuzzy — Mr. Jones said... Yet another tropical weather system threatens to dump more rain on the 30 Days Out ranch, so what do we do? We prepare our survival kit of tasty hurricane/storm/rain songs! Who cares if it's raining, we have Bob Dylan, Nils Lofgren,... more info

Guardian Music — Scouting For Girls, Idlewild, Doves and Frightened Rabbit are among the myriad musical flavours at Ben & Jerry's Sundae On The Common (24 & 25 Jul) on London's Clapham Common ... Truck Festival now offers single day tickets, so you can see the likes ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-31 St. Louis, MO - Firebird #09-01 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club #09-02 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall #09-03 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick #09-04 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo #09-06 Montreal, Quebec - Casa del Popolo #09-07 Cambridge, MA - TT the Bear's #... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 09-22 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern 09-23 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern 09-24 Montreal, Quebec - Le National 09-25 Boston, MA - Royale09-30 Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg Waterfront % 10-01 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero 10-02 Washington,... more info

NME — The gig-run will begin on September 22 in Toronto more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The man who discovered Oasis says they will reform. Alan McGee signed the band in 1993 after seeing them at King Tut's in Glasgow.With his record label Creation, he steered them to becoming the UK's biggest band of the Nineties.But almost a year ago,... more info

NME — Teenage Fanclub and Fucked Up are confirmed for indie weekender more info

Stereogum — Norwegian BTW earn comparisons to Olivia Tremor Control, Teenage Fanclub (they have a song called “Norman Bleik” after all), Dinosaur Jr., all for the way their shambling ’60s sound gets tossed and lost inside their deep ’90s college radio re... more info

Guardian Music — The first of five previously unpublished blogposts from legendary music writer Steven Wells, who died last yearOn 24 June 2009, music journalism lost one of its funniest, angriest and most distinctive voices. Steven Wells – or Swells to his fans �... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Hannibal said... Streets - Crimes in Mind 1985 http://hannibalsite.blogspot.com a r n e l said... Paul Desmond: «Take ten» (1963) Paul Desmond: «Glad To Be Unhappy» (1963) Paul Desmond: «Skylark» (1973) Paul Desmond & The Modern Jazz Quartet: ... more info