Chorus.fm — We're proud to bring you the first in a series of song by song testimonials *Motion City Soundtrack* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/motioncitysoundtrack) did for their new album, My Dinosaur Life. Check the replies for the video! more info

Live Daily — After playing three different albums on three different nights in Chicago in mid-December, Motion City Soundtrack [ tickets ] has no fear of playing old material live. "I think doing this really kind of helped us and made us realize it's not as h... more info

Fantastic Weapon — I get really, really skeptical when bands who send me music to review list REALLY GOOD artists under their "Influences." So I was immediately expecting an aural atrocity when I visited Daddy Lion's myspace page and they had the following artists list... more info

Star Online, Malaysia — Dinosaur Jr, Kings of Convenience, The Go! Team and Vashti Bunyan are just some of the diverse acts to play the Mosaic Music Festival in Singapore. more info

Perfect Porridge — Athens based psych-shoegaze-indie-pop band Twin Tigers sent me an advance copy of their Grey Waves LP, and I’m really enjoying it. It’s not whiny shoegaze stuff. This is gritty, dirty indie stuff ala My Bloody Valentine, Dinosaur, Jr. and that on... more info

Chorus.fm — *Soul Control* (http://www.myspace.com/soulcontrolhc) posted their cover of *Dinosaur Jr.*'s "Feel the Pain" on myspace (http://www.myspace.com/soulcontrolhc). more info

MTV.com News — MTV News' James Montgomery picks his top 25 records of the year.By James Montgomery Bigger Than The Sound's Best Albums of 2009 Photo: MTV News Well, we made it. 2009 is practically in the books, and now it's time to look back on the rathe... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 01-16 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom01-17 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg01-19 Ithaca, NY - Castaways01-20 Kingston, Ontario - The Ale House01-21 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix *01-22 Ottawa, Ontario - Capitol Music Hall *01-23 Montreal, Quebec... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Monday: The Slits, The Sundelles, + Sisters @ Highline Ballroom 7pm $15 [tix]Amid all the hoopla surrounding the reunions of bands like Pavement, My Bloody Valentine, Pixies, The Vaselines, Mission of Burma, etc., etc., some of reunions have been los... more info

NME - The Daily Download — If you like your guitars bristling with feedback and your drums jackhammer-inclined, you'll probably love this effort from Norse "supergroup" The Megaphonic Thrift. Comprised of members of various Norwegian bands (Casiokids, Stereo 21 and The Low Fre... more info