Stereogum — All those "girl group" references make even more sense after the Vivian Girls' cover of the Bronx-born Chantels' 1957 single "He's Gone." Remember, the Chantels are on the 2010 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame nominee list. It's good to be the Chantels. more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 12-18 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland ! 02-04 San Diego, CA - Casbah ^02-05 Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar ^02-06 Los Angeles - The Smell ^02-08 Santa Cruz, CA - Crepe Place ^02-09 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill ^02-11 Portland, OR - Holocene ^02-1... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — For the latest "Tunnelvision" clip, Ray Concepcion captures three songs ("Never See Me Again", "When I'm Gone", "Tell the World") from Vivian Girls' July show at New York's Whitney Museum of American Art. more info

Pitchfork - TV — captures three songs from the gals' July show at New York's Whitney Museum of American Art. more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Meet Wetdog, Britain's answer to Vivian Girls, who will be releasing their sophomore LP, Frauhaus!, at the end of this month on Angular. "Tidy Up Your Bedroom" is a concise, lo-fi garagey number with surf guitars, a pounding rhythm, and a little orga... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 12-03 Miami, FL - The Ice Palace12-04 Mexico City, Mexico - Pasaguero12-05 Monterrey, Mexico - TBD12-11 Haverford, PA - Haverford College12-12 Brooklyn, NY - Death By Audio ** with Yellow Fever more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words by Andrew Frisicano, photos by Jake Forney Apart from a few deviations, Fucked Up succeeded in performing their 2008 album The Chemistry of Common Life in full and in sequence at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple on Thursday, November 5th.... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — ("Golden Seal" & "Days of Last" w/Andrew W.K.)Since releasing The Chemistry of Common Life last year, Fucked Up have been one of the most consistently played bands on my iPod. Their music gets to me and turns me into something of a maniac as soon as ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Austin's understated, lovely Yellow Fever launched a short West Coast / South West tour last night in San Diego, and are also set -- any day now -- to release their debut album on Wild World Records,... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 10-31 New York City, NY - 171 Lombardy St. *11-07 Brooklyn, NY - The Brooklyn Museum11-13 Washington, DC - The Black Cat11-14 Brooklyn, NY - The Bell House* with Vivian Girls, Religious Knives, Wooden Shjips more info