Aquarium Drunkard — Each December, Brian Reese at Big Rock Candy Mountain deals out a month’s worth of holiday esoterica from the far corners of vintage twang, fuzz, scuzz, r&b, blues, country, garage, lounge and beyond. Keeping it loose, he trims his tree with Red Si... more info

Metalsucks — Banner by Cysquatch Know what’s awesome about Slayer? Everything goddammit! They’re fast. Violent. Merciless. Great artwork. Awesome singer, unbelievable drummer, historic guitar tandem. Sonics to scorch your brain. Special. So why is it not e... more info

Guardian Music — Green Door Store, Brighton"We were here about 18 months ago," offers San Fransisco's Ty Segall as he wanders on stage. "So it's great to be back." You can just about hear his voice over his guitar, which started howling and screaming with feedback a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words & photos by Keith Marlowe Tandoori Knights @ the Bell House I started the night, the fourth and final night of the the Norton Records 25th Anniversary celebration at the Bell House, watching Andy Shernoff from the Dictators playing... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jason House After a kick off night on Thursday, another party Friday, and a daytime show with the Sonics in Hoboken on Saturday (11/12), the third night of the Norton Records 25th Anniversary went down at the Bell... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dominick Mastrangelo The Sonics @ Maxwell's "When I heard that The Sonics, already in the New York City area this weekend to play Norton Records' 25th anniversary festival at Bell House, added an afternoon show at Maxwell's, I... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — today in NYC * NY Comedy Festival * Sierra Noble @ Barbes * Banning Eyre @ Barbes * Yuka Honda @ The Stone * Howard Fishman @ Barbes * John Hiatt @ City Winery * The Sonics, The Young... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG, Bill Pearis & friends DOWNLOAD: The Young - Bird in the Bush (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Young - Sweet (MP3) Austin reverb-drenched, garage punk four-piece The Young are in town this weekend and have managed to get themselves opening... more info

Altsounds — Rock'n'roll duo White Mystery debut the first video from Blood & Venom "Birthday" on MTV! Whereas the White Stripes looked to the blues tradition for inspiration, White Mystery only go back as far back as the Sonics, though they're also clearly infl... more info

Pop Crunch — Music production house Equal Sonics has put together this incredibly entertaining video with 26 songs spanning almost half a century. And what do these singles have in common? They all [...] more info