Aquarium Drunkard — In 1973, Jim Schwall (of the famed Chicago blues-based Siegel-Schwall Band) got married, and along with new bride Cherie recorded and privately pressed A Wedding Present From Cherie & Jim Schwall.  As described on the back cover, the album was hom... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tonight's NYC-area shows include Mount Eerie, Weird Al, Justin Timberlake, Four Tet, Glasser, The Wedding Present, Holly Miranda, Iceage, Men I Trust, and more. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — After beginning on Thursday, the second of three free BrooklynVegan x Margin Walker Lost Weekend 2 SXSW day parties happened on Friday with Hop Along, Leikeli47, Tyler Childers, Hinds, The Wedding Present, Soccer Mommy, and more. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — BrooklynVegan and Margin Walker's LOST WEEKEND 2 day parties also include Hinds, The Wedding Present, Shopping, La Luz, Tyler Childers, Soccer Mommy, Gang of Youths, A Place to Bury Strangers, Natalie Prass and still much, much more. Continue re... more info

KEXP Seattle — There’s history to bands covering Pavement’s “Box Elder.” When The Wedding Present recorded their interpretation of the track from Pavement’s Slay Tracks (1933–1969) EP track back in ’89, it caught the ear of renowned BBC DJ John P... more info

Sweeping The Nation — What sort of year was 1988? A Don't Worry Be Happy, biggest selling international albums of the year all being released in 1987, Glenn Medeiros, I Owe You Nothing kind of year. On the other hand, and results may vary on whether these were strictl... more info

Sweeping The Nation — 1992 was not a great year for pop. It was almost an eclectic one, which started with Nevermind knocking Michael Jackson's Dangerous off Billboard number one and ended with the soundtrack to The Bodyguard selling ridiculous amounts, but the UK cha... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — SeazooFrom: Wrexham, North WalesWelsh five-piece Seazoo (first featured on the blog in 2015, Zoo Records)have announced the forthcoming release of their latest single Shoreline, the second track taken from their much anticipated debut album out in N... more info

Obscure Sound — Pale Rivers are a band out of Cork, Ireland, who debuted at Hard Working Class Heroes festival last October, eventually going on to support names like The Wedding Present, Teleman and Talos on stage. Their newest single, “West Point”, is a powerf... more info

Stereogum — In 1986, the British music magazine NME released the cassette-only compilation C86, a collection of songs by indie bands from across the UK. The bands represented on that tape -- Primal Scream, the Pastels, the Soup Dragons, the Shop Assistants, the ... more info