Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Hooton Tennis Club UK band Hooton Tennis Club released their debut album, Highest Point In Cliff Town, a couple weeks back. Somewhere between Pavement and the Pastels, it's a return to the kind of indie that often... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis The Goon Sax formed in Brisbane, Australia in 2013, bonding over a love of wistful, strummy indie pop like The Pastels, and The Apartments. Their sound is in much the same mould, as you can hear on... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Liverpool's Hooton Tennis Club's debut album, Highest Point In Cliff Town will be out next week (8/28) in North America and is a fun mix of shambolic influences: part Pavement, part Pastels. Check out a couple tracks... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Artifact: The Dawn of Creation Records 1983-1985" width="480" /> Before Oasis, Ride, My Bloody Valentine, Super Furry Animals, Swervedriver, and Screamadelica, Creation Records was a scrappy indie label releasing scratchy singles by ja... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Liverpool's Hooten Tennis Club make scrappy guitar pop that recalls the off-the-cuff charm of The Pastels, Teenage Fanclub or The Yummy Fur. The band's debut album is out later this year via Heavenly and was produced by... more info

Perez Hilton — How adorable! President Barack Obama and his family always dress so stylishly, and that was certainly the case for Easter! The President, Michelle, Malia, Sasha, Sunny, and Bo donned their Sunday best for an official photo to celebrate the holiday. [... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis I saw these girls play at Electrowerkz last night and they were great...it's like The Pastels meets Mink De Ville and has a real ramshackle joy to it. It's even better live when all the guitars are... more info

NME — Influential compilation features music by Primal Scream, The Pastels, Shop Assistants and The Wedding Present more info

DrownedInSound — Continuing 2013's grand tradition of bands returning from Chinese Democracy-worthy periods of inactivity, Sebadoh join My Bloody Valentine, The Pastels and Mazzy Star on the roll call of artists putting over a decade in the wilderness behind them wit... more info

Consequence of Sound — Sun peeks through the musical fog. more info