Brooklyn Vegan — The Black Lips I realize the real feud is long over, but I still couldn't help but notice that two of Monday night's show options are WAVVES @ Bowery Ballroom (tickets still available) and The Black Lips on a Rocks... more info

Guardian Music — (Bella Union)The title track of the third Wavves album suggests Nathan Williams has had enough of being the lo-fi guy who's known for cracking up onstage. King of the Beach isn't the work of a seven-stone weakling getting sand kicked in his face; it'... more info

Guardian Music — Snacks the cat has appeared on record sleeves, T-shirts and even gets a credit on the band's debut album. But did the Best Coast singer's beloved pet really pick the tracklist?As a musician, maybe it's weird that I'm always getting asked to talk abo... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Each have made opposite and near-perfect rock albums that, taken together, might be among the most inviting portraits of being young in Los Angeles in 2010. Ea... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Bethany Cosentino, the singer and songwriter behind the frizzy L.A. summer-pop band Best Coast, has a tattoo of California with the outline of a bear on her arm. It's fitting — a few spins of her charming, endlessly re-playable debut,... more info

DrownedInSound — What Wavves has created here however is a collection of gleaming pop gems, laced with self-hatred and a keen sense of rebellion. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Stereogum — Philly’s Pakistani band-of-brothers POPO opened a show with Wavves and Real Estate at Bowery last summer, playing too early to make the review though I did note the then-trio had “a 7″ out on Mad Decent, a couple of MP3s on RCRD LBL, and a My... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ice said... C. P. E. Bach : Double Concertos WQ. 46 & WQ. 47, Sonatina WQ. 109 - A. Curtis, J. Van Immerseel, E.L. Kelley, G. Leonhardt, Collegium Aureum - 1995. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788) Double Concertos WQ. 46 & WQ. 47, Sonatina WQ.10... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Here it is: the best lo-fi, slacker sunshine guitar pop album with a cat on the cover this side of Wavves. Stream and beam to your hearts content... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ice said... Nicola Porpora: Orlando R. Expert, O. Pitarch, B. Haas, J.B. Otero / Real Compania Opera de Camara - 2005 www.classiclibrary Nicola Porpora (1686-1768) Orlando ou le Delire d'apres L'Angelica Componimento Drammatico in Due Parti Librett... more info