L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The punk singer, songwriter and screamer Kim Shattuck mixed sweetness and fury to create pop-punk magic. more info

USA Today Music — Kim Shattuck, the lead singer of punk rock band The Muffs, has died at 56 following a battle with ALS, her rep confirmed.             more info

Stereogum — Kim Shattuck, lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the great '90s pop-punk band the Muffs, has died. Her husband confirmed the news on social media, writing that she passed away in her sleep this morning following a two-year battle with ALS. She... more info

Consequence of Sound — Shattuck's death was announced by her husband, who reported that she passed away after a battle with ALS. R.I.P. Kim Shattuck, frontwoman of The Muffs and onetime Pixies member dies at 56 Spencer Kaufman more info

Sweeping The Nation — Britpop Now! Yeah! There is a little of that, judiciously selected, in our 1995 roundup but also a reminder that very interesting things were happening just out of that sightline both in the fringes and in dance areas and American lo-fi (Number One C... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Going by the new single "Enough," it's catchy fuzzy stuff in the tradition of the Ramones to The Muffs to Colleen Green. We've got the premiere of the video for that song... Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Brand New/Modest Mouse, Girl Band, The Muffs, King Sunny Ade, Night Beats, Gojira, Wildhoney/Literature, Lil Bibby, and more Thursday show options in NYC. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — It’s hard to find any band playing pop-punk-ish music nowadays that doesn’t revere the razor-sharp precision of the Muffs, and Littler — the Philadelphia band who released their fantastic debut album, Of Wandering, earlier this year — paid tr... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Muffs have been back in action for a few years now, having released the very good Whoop Dee Doo in 2014 on Burger/Cherry Red (their first album since 2004). They're now reissuing their second and best album, 1995's Blonder and Blonder, ... more info

TMZ — Cole Beasley's wife WENT OFF on some haters after her Dallas Cowboy hubby muffed a punt on Sunday -- telling trolls to "shut the f*ck up" and "eat a d*ck."  It was epic ... with Kyrstin Beasley blasting critics -- "Your f*cking stupid if your… ... more info