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

Sweeping The Nation — Sorry about the lack of recent posts, but everything we've really liked in the last fortnight or so that's on Spotify is included regardless in the sixth monthly roundup of what we've loved lately: Things that aren't on Spotify that ... more info

Uncut — Starring REM, Prince, Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Robert Plant, Townes Van Zandt, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sinead O’Connor, Morrissey, U2, Pixies and The Wedding Present! Starring REM, Prince, Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Robert Plant, Townes Van Zan... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The BBC's indie/alt station is throwing a three day fest in Glasgow featuring Depeche Mode, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Ride, Belle & Sebastian, Father John Misty, Sparks, The Wedding Present, The Shins, Warpaint, Edwyn Collins, Future Islands, and ... more info