Rollo & Grady — The Black Lips, King Khan & BBQ Show, The Dirtbombs, Jay Reatard and Roky Erickson are among the acts confirmed for the Scion Garage Fest. The free event will take place in Portland, Oregon on October 17th. Also on the bill are The Almighty Defenders... more info

Culture Bully — Interview and performance footage of King Khan, Mark Sultan and Jared Swilley in Montreal. more info

Rollo & Grady — “It’s like two people staring at each other on a bus and finally touching” Last week Spin Earth caught up with King Khan, Mark Sultan and Jared Swilley in Montreal, where they were readying for the release of The Almighty Defenders self-titled ... more info

Culture Bully — The Almighty Defenders, the decadent garage rock fan's wet dream featuring members of the Black Lips and King Khan & BBQ Show, have now let out a few teasers from their upcoming self titled debut LP. more info

Guardian Music — My Toys Like Me – Sweetheart(From Quiet Color)Regress with us for a second. You're six. A "friend" offers you some oddly shiny chocolate, which you take a massive bite out of ("Om nom nom") before realising it's covered in their spit. "Eurrrrr... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Almighty Defenders: "Cone of Light" [mp3] from The Almighty Defenders (out September 22nd) other Almighty Defenders posts at Largehearted Boy The Chinese Stars: "Rabbit Face" [mp3] from Heaven on Speed Dial o... more info

MVSW — The Almighty Defenders ~ “Bow Down and Die”(mp3) The Almighty Defenders ~ “Cone of Light”(mp3) Black Lips + King Khan & BBQ Show = The Almighty Defenders ~ a garage rock Temple of the Dog style super group. The self titled album is due out... more info

My Old Kentucky — The upcoming album from Sea Wolf, White Water, White Bloom will be released September 22nd through Dangerbird Records. The band made a new song available for free download last week...MP3 : Sea Wolf - Stanislaus Reminder : October 3rd in Indianapoli... more info

Rollo & Grady — Pitchfork unveiled the 2nd single (“Cone of Light”) from The Almighty Defenders forthcoming gospel record. The super-group consists of members of the Black Lips, Mark “BBQ” Sultan and King Khan. The album will be released on 9/22 ... more info

Perez Hilton — Kelly Osbourne and boyfriend Luke Howell attended the launch of the Nokia Skate Almighty in London Wednesday night. It appears they have already advanced to the matchy-matchy stage of couplehood. Next comes marriage. And after that, divorce belabore... more info