Brooklyn Vegan — by Dominic Masi, Jr. DOWNLOAD: Stupid Party - 1234 (MP3) "I'm in a more serious relationship with the two of them than I have been with any girlfriend I've ever had in my life. We were all in shittier bands... more info

The Music Fix — News: Ohio noise trio Times New Viking will be playing some UK dates in May. 13th May - Luminaire, London 15th May - Pavilion Theatre, Brighton (Great Escape Festival) 16th May - Urbis, Manchester (Futuresonic Festival) 17th May - Bodega, Nottingham... more info

Persona Sauna — As part of their 20th anniversary celebration, Merge Records will be releasing SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers!SCORE! is twenty tracks by contemporary bands covering songs that span the label’s fruitful two decades of existence. T... more info

Four new confirmations today for the All Tomorrow's Parties festival curated by The Breeders,Wire, The Bronx, Times New Viking and El Mariachi Bronx. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano Psychedelic Horseshit @ Less Artists More Condos (more by Tim Griffin) Psychedelic Horseshit, like Times New Viking, hail from Columbus, Ohio. Though also linked to the "lo-fi" sound, PH are a lot harder and more abrasive than... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As previously mentioned, Times New Viking are playing a show with the Vivian Girls at Bowery Ballroom on May 11th (tix). Ends up, they're also playing a show in Brooklyn at Market Hotel one day earlier (more details TBA).... more info

Pitchfork — The North Carolina indie institution Merge Records turns 20 this year, and they're celebrating their anniversary in grand style. As you know, they're putting out a sweet subscription-only box set featuring contributions from all kinds of special gue... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Loney Dear @ Union Hall (more by Tim Griffin) Tickets are on Am Ex presale (@ noon) for the Melvins show at Webster Hall. Tickets are on Am Ex presale (@ noon) for a May 5th Loney Dear show at... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — 2009 has been an overwhelmingly great year for exciting new music so far, and it seems like an unfairly disproportionate amount of it is being released via Brooklyn label Captured Tracks. In addition to releases from Dum Dum Girls, Blank Dogs, the Ma... more info

Pitchfork — The insanely ambitious Canadian hardcore warriors in Fucked Up are on a very serious roll these days. First, they cranked out The Chemistry of Common Life, one of last year's most viscerally satisfying slabs of posi-rage. Then they played a ridiculo... more info