L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The band: Sleeping Bags, the latest Los Angeles side-project from the brothers Kivel (Princeton, Kisses). The sound: Sleeping Bags trade in Princeton’s folk-pop formalism and Kisses’ lounge-disco for the best parts of 1987. Throughout the group's... more info

Guardian Music — Director of Mysterious Skin and Kaboom is keeping indie pop alive by featuring new music and remixes by his favourite bandsThis week sees the DVD release of two films from the singular talent of Gregg Araki: 1993's Totally Fucked Up and Kaboom, his m... more info

Indie Selections For Your Erections — Wow, first week of August! Even though I threw together this playlist relatively quickly the previous night, I think this show turned out really well. It consists of three main blocks: a female vocalist blo... more info

Guardian Music — What's new on the app stores on Tuesday 2 August 2011A burst of 9 apps for your considerationWolfram Sun Exposure Reference AppWolfram Alpha is known mostly for its number-crunching "answer engine", but the company has been branching out with a bunch... more info

Guardian Music — This London four-piece lionise the lo-fi, celebrate scuzz and fetishise fuzz. Yup, it's our old friend slacker-popHometown: London.The lineup: Jock, Ed, Billy and Kit.The background: More artists, we feel, should telegraph, via their name, what organ... more info

Guardian Music — (XL)When they first skulked into the limelight in 2007, the Horrors did not appear to be built to last. Even fans of their scabrous, 60s-inflected debut, Strange House, imagined that, having made their grand nihilist statement, the amusingly named fi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tamara Porras, words by Andrew Sacher J & Henry Off!, lead by former Circle Jerks/Black Flag frontman Keith Morris, kicked off night four of Dinosaur Jr's Bug tour at Terminal 5 last night (6/23). Keith prefaced the show... more info

Altsounds — *Bug Cassette Reissue Due June 21 On Joyful Noise Recordings * Indie godfathers Dinosaur Jr. have announced the reissue of their classic 1988 album Bug on cassette via Joyful Noise Recordings. Slated for release on June 21, the cassette reissue coin... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dinosaur Jr @ MHOW in 2010 (more by Vincent Cornelli) today in NYC * PS 122 benefit * Undead Jazz Festival * Blue Note Jazz Fest * Phyllis Chen @ Barbes * Bob Mould @ 92YTribeca * Questlove @ Brooklyn... more info

Impose Magazine — A little less than a fortnight ago, Cymbals Eat Guitars announced their upcoming sophomore full-length, Lenses Alien, out September 13th on Barsuk Records. Produced by John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Murder City Devils, Breeders) and recorde... more info