Guardian Music — Special guest reviewer and former Arab Strap man brings a gruff, beardy perspective to this week's new releasesGrindermanMickey Mouse And The Goodbye Man (Mute)I'm not even going to bother to describe this. If you don't know who Grinderman are, you c... more info

Perez Hilton — Maybe he was just playing Hide & Seek and got REALLY into it…JK! All jokes aside, this is actually incredibly disturbing and disgusting! During the Hanuman Yoga Festival in Boulder, Colorado, a woman went to use a portable toilet and found a man hi... more info

Impose Magazine — Naturally, one would assume that every release from a band named Yuck would be riddled with disturbing imagery, brash lyrics, and rambunctious cacophony, but "Shook Down" is beautiful from image to sound. More like an art-house tribute to 2004's ... more info

NME - The Video Blog — This rather creepy, photo-montage stuff cut ‘n’ paste video from Yuck is the kind of thing David Lynch would have made, had he directed music videos. It’s all gets a bit stomach churning mid-way through. And you’ll never look at a papaya th... more info

Stereogum — Male and female body parts (genitalia included) are projected into living collages in the new Michael and Forest-directed video from London rockers Yuck. The “Shook Down”/”Milkshake” single release coincides with a string of US dates with sup... more info

NME — Band play 12 dates across the UK this autumn more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis When you think Manchester, England you may think Stone Roses and The Smiths, but in the case of Mazes, it's more Sebadoh and Soul Asylum. Not unlike Yuck, this trio owe lots to '90s indie rock as... more info

Guardian Music — Their name might sound as twee as Belle and Sebastian's book club, but this lot are flying the flag for lo-fi noise rockHometown: London.The lineup: Stephanie Min (vocals), Jerome Watson (guitar), James Thomas (drums), Kelly Lee Owens (bass, backing ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Great sampler from U.K. music industry publication MusicWeek. North in this case is of course the North of the U.K... or Scotland as we know it.:) goNorth, this year on 9-10 June, was launched in 2001 to provide a platform for artists from the nort... more info

Scotsman.com — Meet the children of Nirvana, the young bands reinventing the Seattle sound – fromthe UK more info