I Guess I'm Floating — You may have seen Knoxville's COOLRUNNINGS featured on Forkcast, yvynyl, or Get Off The Coast in the recent past, but if not you're in for a treat. Welcome to the world of drone-pop, "as fresh as an ice cold mint julep" (as yvynyl puts it). These CO... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — “This song is called ‘Facebook’,” Wavves frontman Nathan Williams said before tossing off another volley of scrim-soaked surf punk at Origami Vinyl last night. Like most things concerning Wavves, it was tough to tell if Williams was just havi... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Don Perry Last year, Wavves released Wavvves, an album of lo-fi, home-recorded noise-pop that made mastermind Nathan Williams internet-famous. Since then, he's had a tumultuous year-and-a-half, leaving a trail of onstage meltdowns and inter-... more info

KEXP Seattle — Did you know secrets can lead to the cleaning areas of landmines? That’s the hope of “secret” e-mail blog The Plug Five Project. In conjunction with a healthy list of popular webzines, blogs, and artists that include Wavves, John Vanderslice, a... more info

XLR8R — Though not quite a counterpart to the massive SXSW extravaganza, Canada's NXNE festival does offer its own special attractions. In addition to massive headliners the likes of Iggy & The Stooges and X's first performance on Canadian soil in ... more info

Pitchfork — Wavves is back up in this motherfucker! On his blog this past weekend, frontman Nathan Williams wrote that the Cali noise-pop band has finished recording the follow-up to last year's Wavvves, and they're in the process of mixing it: "SOUNDS CARAAAZAA... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — SO STEPHEN, BILLY [formerly of Jay Reatard's band] AND I WILL BE PLAYING OUR THIRD SHOW IN THE US TOGETHER TMRRW NIGHT [April 11th] AT THE HIGH TONE IN MEMPHIS. WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED SINCE THEY LET US SMOKE... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — You're crazy for this one, Wareheim. mp3: HEALTH :: we are water HEALTH :: in heat (Javelin remix) ****** elsewhere: New WAVVES record almost done, due out this summer. ****** click through for more... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Because the best things in life are always free (according to many a coffee mug and paperweight), and quite possibly because my man ETHEREA doesn't know just exactly how good he is at making booties bounce, he decided to give away his very first rele... more info

Pitchfork — The folks behind Lollapalooza have spent the past week dropping hints about this year's lineup, announcing artists one letter at a time, via a sort of hangman or Wheel of Fortune game. And though it's been fun to hazard guesses about what bands will ... more info