Brooklyn Vegan — Listen to the first single: a cover of The Sonics' "Cinderella." Continue reading… more info

The Quietus — As Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind prepare to support the legendary The Sonics at The Garage this week, we catch up with Jones to talk his love for the garage rock veterans, running two groups at once and more more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Primals are fronted by Darkest Hour vocalist John Henry and also include members of Dead To Fall and The Explosion, but their John Reis-produced debut LP sounds more like '90s Foo Fighters or Torche. Continue reading… more info

Core News — “Iggy serves you up another quality sonic cocktail before taking a three week break. This week he’s got some quality garage rock in the form of The Sonics, The Stooges and MC5. Iggy’s musical legacy has inspired and energised rock and roll’s ... more info

KEXP Seattle — A long-awaited U-Men 2-CD set has hit the streets. KEXP Music Director Don Yates notes the compilation “collects the complete 1984-89 recordings of this legendary Seattle band, whose pre-grunge sound was a feral, adventurous blend of pounding post-... more info

XLR8R — Later this month, Enigmatic producer Steven Laubner (a.k.a. STL) will return with a three-track EP on Amirali's Dark Matters imprint. Titled Nonzero Sonics, the EP will be the sixth for the label and their first release to drop this year and follows ... more info

Core News — “Iggy brings you another sonic cocktail to kick the weekend off. This week he has tracks by the likes of Miles Davis, The Sonics, Skinny Girl Diet and Mitski. Iggy’s musical legacy has inspired and energised rock and roll’s alternative spirit s... more info

Stereogum — Given the blown-out otherworldly elegance of his former project Sigur Rós, it’s only fitting that Kjartan Sveinsson’s first solo release is a four-part opera. Sveinsson composed the score for Der Klang der Offenbarung des Göttlichen, which tran... more info

KEXP Seattle — Rounding out an unbelievable first day of KEXP’s Iceland Airwaves broadcast live at Kex Hostel are garage rock legends The Sonics. Formed in Tacoma in 1960, The Sonics are widely regarded as the first garage and first punk band, and have had a... more info

Impose Magazine — Kjartan Sveinsson, formerly of Sigur Rόs, is releasing his first solo project, a four act opera entitled Der Klang der Offenbarung des Gӧttlichen, this Friday. The title’s English translation is “The Explosive Sonics of Divinity” and such a n... more info