Magnet Magazine — MAGNET’s Tim Stegall picks the best punk releases of the year 1) The Saints (I’m) Stranded (In The Red)2) X Smoke & Fiction (Fat Possum)3) The Linda Lindas No Obligation (Epitaph)4) Ramones The 1975 Sire Demos (Rhino)5) Billy Childish From Fossil... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy 65th birthday Billy Childish. Thee renaissance man. Read Spider Stacy (Pogues) in MAGNET on Billy: The post Happy 65th Birthday Billy Childish appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Uncut — Josh T Pearson, Billy Childish, Lucy Dacus and more to play the Wiltshire bash Photo by Eliot Lee Hazel Josh T Pearson, Billy Childish, Lucy Dacus and more to play the Wiltshire bash The post End Of The Road festival reveals raft of new names ap... more info

Uncut — Starring Beck, The Jacksons, Neil Finn, The KLF, Andrew Weatherall, Michael Head, Billy Childish, Woody Guthrie, Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, and four other guys… Starring Beck, The Jacksons, Neil Finn, The KLF, Andrew Weatherall, Michael Hea... more info

Sweeping The Nation — The Orielles - Sugar Tastes Like SaltPeople who know things have been talking about the Halifax trio for a while, and now signed to Heavenly they've decided to abandon protocol and just go for it off the bat with an eight and a half minute debut ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — George Saunders discussed his favorite books at The Week. NPR Music is streaming Wye Oak's new album Shriek. The New Statesman profiles author Hilary Mantel. The Quietus interviewed multi-talented musician and artist Billy Childish. Celebrate the Dyl... more info

KEXP Seattle — I suppose I should have done this album in the run-up to the Sub Pop 25th mania of recent weeks, but it’s still their 25th anniversary summer, right? Billy Childish’s Thee Headcoats might be the band that started the librarian-antagonizing trend ... more info

Impose Magazine — When I think of labels that changed music both for myself and the entire landscape of the indie underground, I think of Crypt reissuing some of the best garage rock from the 1960s, then putting out albums by bands like The Gories, Oblivions, and vari... more info

Core News — “Featuring a Guest Mix from Wild Billy Childish ahead of the release of three albums by his new outfit The Spartan Dreggs, a Grubby 7 on 6 music and the all important Charity Drop.” Check out other Tom Ravenscroft shows here and subscribe to the ... more info

NME - Radar — Pins were one of our highlights at The Great Escape this year, and one of our big regrets is that we haven't managed to see them play in their hometown of Manchester yet. Nothing like a Manc crowd in a basement to get the energy levels going. We've ... more info