Brooklyn Vegan — Now that Sleater-Kinney aren't having quite as busy of a year, Janet Weiss has a little more time for Quasi, her band with Sam Coomes. The duo's albums for UP, including 1998's Featuring "Birds" and 1999's Field Studies are to be ... more info

Perez Hilton — Who says it's all about being beautiful?! Quasi Modo, a 10-year old pit bull-Dutch shepherd mix, won the annual ugliest dog contest on Friday, and he looked pretty happy about it! [ Related: Ryan Gosling Demands Cage-Free Eggs From Costco ] The pup, ... more info

Impose Magazine — On Thursday, October 17th, Quasi and Jeffrey Lewis played Tralf Music Hall in Buffalo before coming down to NYC for CMJ. Taryn Alper was there to photograph it for us. See more images from this post. more info

Impose Magazine — On Sunday, October 13th, Quasi, the Portland duo comprised of Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss performed the first of their two New York City area shows at Brooklyn's The Knitting Factory with NYC native, Jeffrey Lewis. See more images from this post... more info

Consequence of Sound — 20 years in, Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss gleefully embrace their scattered thoughts. more info

Consequence of Sound — Fun fact: R.E.M. had a very big impact on Janet Weiss. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Basia Bulat's Tall Tall Shadow, Fuzz's self-titled album, Haim's Days Are Gone, Polvo's Siberia, Quasi's Mole City, The Sadies' Internal Sounds, Those Darlins' Blur The Line, and Yuck's Glow and Behold are all albums I can recommend in a... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Bookish lists the best dystopian novels about banned books. The A.V. Club is streaming Basia Bulat's new album Tall Tall Shadow. Thomas Larson's Guernica essay series "The Social Author examines "not only changing the possibilities for writing, but a... more info

Consequence of Sound — Another hard partying anthem from Mole City. more info

Prefix — 8 Track Relay & Music Festival at Portland International Raceway in Portland, OR ( July 20-21, 2013) more info