Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Sting (Police). Let your soul be your pilot. Also celebrating birthdays: the Police’s Reggatta De Blanc (1979), Ghost In The Machine (1981) and—tomorrow—Zenyatta Mondatta (1980). Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read Trans Am in... more info

Stereogum — Along with bassist Donny Newenhouse and drummer Phil Becker, Trans Am guitarist Phil Manley owns the Bay Area recording studio known simply as El Studio. The three musicians also have a band called Terry Gross, who should totally tour with ira gla... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The country was two years out of Vietnam and still bruised by Watergate when a wise guy in a Pontiac Trans Am roared through a movie that celebrated and poked fun at Southern culture with the affable charm of a moonshiner whispering tall tales in a r... more info

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The Quietus — Newly announced acts for the April festival include Trans Am, Sarathy Korwar and Charles Hayward more info

Guardian Music — Venue’s eagerness to experiment drew bands from the Flaming Lips to Tortoise – and built a reputation for putting on an eclectic mix of memorable shows The Empty Bottle opened in 1992 in a self-described “cat-ridden hole-in-the-wa... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Chuck Johnson’s 2013 long player Crows in the Basilica was one of the finest guitar soli excursions in recent memory. His latest release, Blood Moon Boulder, might just be even better. Gorgeously recorded by Trans Am’s Phil Manley, the half-dozen... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Buzcocks at Webster Hall in 2014 (more by Greg Cristman) photo: Trans Am at Baby's All Right in 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Burt Reynolds has done what they said can't be done: His 1977 Pontiac Trans Am, like the one from "Smokey and the Bandit," sold for $450,000 over the weekend in Las Vegas. more info

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