Stereogum — Levitation Fest will return to Austin in the spring of 2016 (4/29-5/1 to be exact) with a beyond impressive lineup. Headlining the bill is Brian Wilson performing all of Pet Sounds alongside Al Jardine, as well as Animal Collective, Flying Lotus, the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ty Segall, his Fuzz bandmate Charles Moothart and Ex Cult frontman Chris Shaw have formed a new group, GØGGS. Shaw explains how it came about and lays out all the pertinent info:Ty and I decided we were going to... more info

Stereogum — GØGGS is a new band made up of Ty Segall, Ex-Cult’s Chris Shaw, and Charles Moothart (also part of one of Segall’s many other projects, Fuzz). “GØGGS is three heads, one spine, circling the drain of the wasteland known as mother earth,” Sha... more info

Stereogum — Last summer we premiered “Vibrant,” an accurately titled song by Tuscon rockers Prom Body. At the time, I described them like so: “an exceptional and exceptionally poppy strain of lo-fi garage rock — a buzzing conglomeration of the Buzzcocks,... more info

Stereogum — Cory Hanson, a member of both Meatbodies and Ty Segall’s backing band, also leads the prolific L.A. psych-rock power trio Wand. The band has a new album called 1000 Days coming out this fall, and we’ve already posted the early track “Stolen Foo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: The Men @ Cake Shop in May (more by Jena Cumbo) After taking some time off, Brooklyn's The Men appear to be back in action. No word on any new recordings but they will be playing some shows this... more info

Stereogum — Ty Segall is an indie-level rock star in his own right, but he isn’t above playing a supporting role. On the side, Segall plays drums in the hard-riffing stoner-rock power trio Fuzz, who released a truly kickass self-titled debut in 2013. Segall is... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Fuzz @ DbA, 2013 (more by Devan Council) Fuzz, Ty Segall's proto-metal trio, are playing a few shows this fall, including West Coast dates with Mudhoney and Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest. After FFF, Fuzz will head to NYC... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Toronto heavy psych band Crosss released their new album, LO, last month via Telephone Explosion Records. If you dig stuff like Ty Segall's Fuzz, Blue Cheer or other big riff psychedelia, you should definitely check the LP... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Thee Oh Sees have a new killer lineup (which is touring soon), but their old lineup was killer too, so it's exciting to see former guitarist Petey Dammit is in a new band, LA's Birth Defects. The... more info