The Bay Bridged — Bedroom pop seems to be pretty common these days, but for some reason, you don’t hear much about bedroom twang. Well, San Francisco’s Nate Mercereau has released what is sure to be the best Bay Area instrumental western soundtrack album you’ve ... more info

Impose Magazine — Buzz. Twang. Grit, grind, SWING! Welcome to Heaven's Gate's debut: High Riser EP. Somewhere between noisey motorik and jangly pop-punk, these Brooklyn spazzes layer on the heavy, bawdy shit-gaze we've fallen in love with over and over…and over. Fin... more info

Starpulse — "Unfortunately, the older business models are irrelevant." more info

Here Comes The Flood — Bass ace Les Claypool goes acoustic with Marc “MIRV” Haggard. They will perform two shows as the Duo de Twang: at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, CA and on Oct 6th at the (free) Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco's Golden G... more info

Perez Hilton — Whoa! Talk about a TWANG! LOLz! Ch-ch-check out this absolutely HIGHlarious - and ADORABLE - video of Justin Bieber 'remixing' his smash lead single from Believe, Boyfriend, for his Beliebers with a penchant for country tunes (above)! Ah-MAZING! ... more info

Guardian Music — Alexis Petridis's article about the decline of gay culture in pop music (Straight and narrow, G2, 29 February) was thoughtful and interesting. Further reasons why it declined: during the 1950s and the first half of the 1960s playing and releasing roc... more info

Perez Hilton — Ohhhh this hits our sweet spot! Right in the center!!! We love pretty songs with pretty melodies, and country crooner Canaan Smith has hit a homerun with his song We Got Us! Such a beautiful love song! Such a great message! On repeat and feeling sent... more info

Perez Hilton — Ohhhh this is sooooo up our alley! We're a sucker for sweet songs by pretty vocalists!!! This is just lovely! Check out the alterna-country beautifulness of Lead Balloon by Rosi Golan (above)! Then CLICK HERE to listen to more of the country-ish/folk... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Former Oasis drummer Zak Starkey is set to hit the road for a whistlestop UK tour with his new band Pengu!ns next month.The band will perform at Edinburgh Sound Caves on October 7 before heading on to Manchester Sound Control on October 22 and London... more info

NME — The Twang are also set to join Pengu!ns whistlestop jaunt more info