Stereogum — West Palm Beach, Florida’s Surfer Blood gave NME’s The Daily Download their first-ever demo, a lo-fi cover of the Beach Boys’s “Don’t Worry Baby.” The vocals are distant and hazy, so it’s hard to hear the band’s harmonies and falsetto... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — After entrancing us last year with "Catamaran", Colorado dream-pop duo Candy Claws wlll release their second album, Hidden Lands, July 20 via twosyllable records. Album cut "Sunbeam Show" features more of the band's collage-pop, with a keyboard vamp ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Surfer Blood’s debut album Astrocoast has been played pretty heavily by me all year. They were a shit ton of fun when I saw them live at market hotel. They have done a lot right in my book in the first half of 2010. Well, the good stuff just keeps ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — THREE MINUTES IS LONG ENOUGH....On the coat tails of the punk revolution of mid to late 1970’s came New Wave and Power Pop. Much has been written about New Wave but Power Pop seems to have disappeared under the radar.It was Pete Townshend who... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Blacksburg, Va., artist Dream Cop is really multi-instrumentalist Tommy Davidson, but it only takes one listen to his gauzy tunes to understand why he works under such a somnambulant moniker. "Beach City/Carol I Know" is a hypnotic interpolation of p... more info

Guardian Music — With Dizzee Rascal fighting his corner this young MC is sure to send the pop-grime massive BonkersHometown: North London.The lineup: Smurfie Syco (vocals).The background: Three years after we first featured him, Tinie Tempah is No 1 and he's being ta... more info

Guardian Music — A new indie sound is emerging – from behind closed doorsIn 1963, as a decade of dedicated debauchery began to find its stride, Brian Wilson recorded one of the least rock'n'roll-sounding songs of all time. The Beach Boys' "In My Room" was a hy... more info

Pop Crunch — Has years of yoyo dieting and fluctuating weight finally taken its toll on former Wilson-Phillips singer Carnie Wilson? The daughter of Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson has battled with her weight for decades and even famously underwent gastric bypas... more info

MTV.com News — 'I think that dancing isn't really my thing,' actress said after being eliminated on Tuesday night.By Jocelyn Vena Shannen Doherty and Mark Ballas Photo: ABC On Monday night's "Dancing With the Stars," Nicole Scherzinger proved nearly infal... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — The Beach Boys were the quintessential American band even before they were featured in Malcolm Leo's 1985 documentary An American Band. As the soundtrack to so many memories, the band's pioneering pop is not a sound you hear just during summertime. I... more info