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Stereogum — Chicago garage-rock quartet NE-HI are calling it quits. "We just want to say THANK YOU to everyone for the incredible support we've gotten from day one," the band wrote in a statement on social media today. "Thank you for letting us be a part of your... more info

Stereogum — DC punk veteran Ian Svenonious has played in a whole lot of bands over the past three decades -- Nation Of Ulysses, the Make-Up, Weird War, XYZ, and Chain And The Gang among them -- but he's never released an official solo album. Under the guise Esca... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Following a number of releases on Asthmatic Kitty, San Diego pop eccentric Rafter will release his first album for Joyful Noise, XYZ, on October 28 Continue reading… more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Bright and early Wednesday morning – we’re talking 7 a.m. Pacific, folks – Anthony Mackie and Anna Faris will announce this year’s Screen Actors Guild nominees. Will you be up? Probably not! But I will be, ready to tell you really important i... more info

Stereogum — The XYZ Affair’s Alex Feder last showed up in these pages under the guise of Leonard Friend. New single “Moments Of Silence” finds Feder relocated to Los Angeles and rocking under his own name. Despite the change in location and nomenclature, F... more info

KEXP Seattle — Have I really been doing this series for almost seven years, and this is the first album I’ve covered by alt-pop royalty XTC? Is it just that it took me that long to really start digging around in the XYZ section of the stacks? Whatever the reason,... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Leonard Friend is a slick dude -- or appears to be. He's actually not real, merely a musical alter ego of former XYZ Affair frontman Alex Feder. On the incredibly titled new EP Lynyrd Frynd -- streaming here with a free download of "Everything f... more info

Dlisted — EXCUSE HIS BEAUTY! Diamond studs and Playboy Pink lipstick transform Bruce Jenner into the most glamorously gorgeous member of the Kardashian Klan. I think Martina Navratilova just fell in love! - ICYDK JLo's publicist should've went all th... more info

Press Play — The plot to Take Out is fairly straightforward. A Chinese immigrant owes money to the people who smuggled him into the Unite States.  Therefore, he must find a way to make XYZ dollars so he can pay off his debt.  His job, running deliveries for a C... more info