Uncut — "Pass the tanning butter!" The making of an unlikely surf-rock hit Photo by Peter Noble/Redferns "Pass the tanning butter!" The making of an unlikely surf-rock hit The post The B-52s on ‘Rock Lobster’: “There’s not any songs like it!” ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dates include a show at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens. Continue reading… more info

Rolling Stone — Boy George announced a lengthy U.S. summer tour with Culture Club, the B-52s and Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins on Tuesday. The tour opens June 29th in St. Augustine, Florida and encompasses more than 40 dates before endingThis article originally a... more info

KEXP Seattle — L.A. artist Miguel shares his fourth full-length, an album KEXP Music Director Don Yates declares “a potent set of psych-tinged R&B and funk featuring a hazy, groove-driven sound with echoing psych-rock guitars, spacey keyboards, and blunted beats ... more info

Stereogum — Cindy Wilson, one of the lead vocalists and songwriters behind the B-52s, is striking out on her own, and her upcoming solo album Change, recorded with Athens musicians Ryan Monahan, Lemuel Hayes, Suny Lyons, and Marie Davon, is arriving this fall. T... more info

Detroit Free Press — More than 200 local and national acts will play eight stages for the 20th anniversary edition of the Royal Oak fest.             more info

Stereogum — Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen's sketch comedy show Portlandia returns for its seventh season in a few weeks (1/5). It reliably has a cadre of famous guest stars, and today IFC has announced this season's roster, which includes Run The Jewels a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tonight's Halloween weekend shows in NYC include The Damned, GWAR, Japandroids, Uniform, The B-52s, Steely Dan, Psychic Ills, Black Kids, and more. Continue reading… more info

Gigwise — Yoko Ono, the multimedia artist widely vilified for her modern art antics and perceived role in breaking up The Beatles, is set to finally see the bulk of her music career reissued on vinyl and CD, as well as being available digitally for the first t... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Four decades since the dawn of seminal post-punk bands Wire, Television, Pylon, Social Climbers, B-52s and Devo, that stripped down, raw minimalism remains a vastly rich mine – with no group currently striking more gold than Atlanta’s OMNI, ... more info