Popdose — As quickly as we had the review up for Allyson Seconds’ new album, the splendid Little World, we now have the 1st video, the album’s title track.  Catchy, bouncy, joyful, it captures the spirit of this album beautifully.  With instruments by pr... more info

Popdose — It should be an immediate moment of sitting up and taking notice of Allyson Seconds’ latest offering, Little World, just by virtue of the names that appear as players on this 11-track offering.  Is it enough to begin with the likes of Colin Mouldi... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — BatteriesFrom: Glasgow, ScotlandBatteries is the latest venture from Steven Clark perhaps better known by noise pop enthusiasts as Sci-Fi Steve from punky upstarts Bis. His spiky twitchy post punk single The Fall-In-Love-Club with it's terrace ch... more info

Popdose — And as quickly as we premiered “She Makes Me Laugh”, here now is another brand new track from The Monkees’ forthcoming album, “You Bring The Summer” – this one written by Andy Partridge of XTC.  A stunningly perfect/apt track for the onc... more info

Time — Featuring guest writer Andy Partridge from XTC more info

Stereogum — The Monkees are returning later this month with Good Times!, their first new album in 20 years and their first since the death of original member Davy Jones. They enlisted Fountains Of Wayne frontman Adam Schlesinger to produce the LP, and it feature... more info

Guardian Music — (InsideOut)Were it not for an almost accidental affiliation with the modern prog rock scene, Knifeworld would surely have been embraced by the indie mainstream years ago. Bottled Out of Eden arrives as the band begin to make inroads in that domain, b... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, we learned that ’60s pop relics the Monkees were making a new album and that they were working with songwriters like Noel Gallagher, Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, and XTC’s Andy Partridge. The first single has just made ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Vulture interviewed George Saunders about his debut novel Lincoln in the Bardo. Browbeat reviewed Andy Partridge's new book, Complicated Game: Inside the Songs of XTC. Publishers Weekly previewed summer's best new books. Julianna Barwick discussed he... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Composer Harold Budd has worked with a veritable Who's Who of ambient music, most notably Brian Eno, Cocteau Twins, but also folks like XTC's Andy Partridge and more. Turning 80 next year, Budd is still going strong. This year... more info