Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Three Lobed Recordings is releasing a five-album set this week called Parallelogram. Each album is a different split between two artists, and "each LP will be housed within its own letter pressed 'matchbook' bearing new original artw... more info

Minneapolis Fucking Rocks — An engaged, rapt audience welcomed Chicago-based artist J Fernandez back to Minneapolis Wednesday night, his first visit since opening for Unknown Mortal Orchestra at the Triple Rock last June. Over the last few years, Fernandez has been quietly... more info

Stereogum — North Carolina-based Three Lobed Recordings have made a name for themselves on ambitious projects, and this next one might just be their most exciting yet: Parallelograms is a 5-LP collection centered around new songs split between complementary musi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Yo La Tengo at Kings Theatre in October (more by PSquared) The annual Ecstatic Music Festival returns in 2016 from January 29 to March 19, with all performances happening at NYC's Merkin Concret Hall except the opening night at... more info

Stereogum — Back in September, Marc Maron teased the fact that he interviewed Ira Kaplan and Steve Albini for his WTF podcast. Albini’s episode has been available since October, and today Kaplan’s is streaming in full. Maron and Kaplan talk about Yo La Tengo... more info

Stereogum — Surfer Blood guitarist Thomas Fekete was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, and the music community has rallied around him, but the road hasn’t been easy. After a benefit concert back in May, all of the donations ended up being stolen in a va... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Yo La Tengo @ Kings Theatre in October (more by PSquared) Yo La Tengo just brought their acoustic, four-piece lineup tour through NYC and the band have now announced more dates. They include another swing across North America in... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Rachel Juarez-Carr Gruff Rys @ Shepherd's Bush Empire, London 10/20/2015 There's a lot of news in the world of Super Furry Animals. Having gotten back together for the reissue of the 2000 Welsh language LP, Mwng, and to... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Rachel Juarez-Carr Yo La Tengo @ Shepherd's Bush Empire 10/20/2015 Having wrapped up the East Coast leg of their North American tour, Yo La Tengo have taken their special mostly-acoustic tour with extra member Dave Schramm to the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Big Ears Festival will return in 2016 from March 31 to April 2 to various venues in downtown Knoxville, TN. The lineup includes Bryce Dessner, Philip Glass, The Gloaming, Yo La Tengo, Andy Stott, Wolf Eyes, Marc Ribot,... more info