411 Mania — From Radiohead and Smashing Pumpkins to Weezer, R.E.M. and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas counts down the top 8 alternative acts of all-time! more info

Chorus.fm — For those who like cruises but weren't amped up enough by a Weezer cruise, the Mayhem Festival Cruise (http://www.mayhemcruise.com), set to take place December 7th-10th of this year, might be a bit more up your alley. Featuring bands such as Lamb of ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — With a moniker like Alcoholic Faith Mission, it would seem that the Danish sextet would have resurrected an anthem of indulgence, but instead the band reasoned that "alcohol was as necessary an elixir as religion is for the pious." In this way, Alco... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Dangerbird Records has announced the release of the new record by the Grammy-nominated Silversun Pickups, Neck of the Woods, on May 8. The record was produced by the Grammy Award-winning Jacknife Lee (U2, Weezer, REM, Snow Patrol),... more info

Guardian Music — A Vancounver-based blogger writes about 'a life in love with music'Who are you and what's your blog called?I'm Mikala Taylor and my site's called BackstageRider.Where are you based?Vancouver, Canada but I have a lot of readers in the US and the UK.De... more info

Twangville — ALBUMS OF THE MONTH Go Fly a Kite, by Ben Kweller Kweller’s last outing was a more moody affair, however that comment can’t be made of his latest release.While there are some acoustic moments, Kweller has brought the rock. And damn it sounds good... more info

Totally Fuzzy — "These things happen / We were children in the mid-'90s," Johnny Lloyd coos on the second track of Tribes' forthcoming full-length debut. The London rockers unabashedly borrow from the skewed harmonies and loud-soft-loud dynamics of Pixies, ... more info

DrownedInSound — The four brothers Staszkiewicz draw upon an A-Z of '90s alterna-rock and grunge-pop, taking in everyone from fallen teenage nearlymen Symposium, Noise Addict and Radish, to the big hitters like Weezer, Redd Kross and Pavement along the way. On one ha... more info

Guardian Music — Music news, reviews and discussion from the last seven daysThe Guardian's first album award goes to: Rustie – Glass Swords Russell "Rustie" Whyte speaks to Tim JonzeListen to Glass Swords in its entiretyFind out who the other nominees wereIn the ne... more info

Guardian Music — Our indie professor is so indie she signed up for a holiday on a boat with Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh and Weezer. And she's such a professor, she wrote an end-of-term report about it ...One of the things I love about a destination festival is that it takes... more info