Stereogum — One of my favorite recommendations since former Pitchfork news director Evan Minsker launched his punk newsletter see/saw is Billiam, a prolific, pop-slanted DIY auteur from Melbourne. His latest and greatest, Animation Cel, is out today, as Minsk... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday President Obama. Artists you love who’ve been on the cover of MAGNET: the Black Keys, the National, Okkervil River, Jeff Tweedy, Kurt Vile, Waxahatchee and Lucy Dacus (who seems to consider you a war criminal). Read Obama press secre... more info

Magnet Magazine — 25 years ago today, Guided By Voices released Do The Collapse. There is a band from Gloomtown—they drive the now sound. See how many of the album’s tracks made it on our list of the 500 best GBV-related songs of all time: The post Guided By Voice... more info

Stereogum — Guided By Voices are still releasing new music at a ridiculous pace (see this year’s Strut Of Kings ), but four decades in, they’re taking some time to look back occasionally (see last year’s 40th anniversary shows in Dayton). Today we get ... more info

Antimusic Rock — Athens Community Arts and Music Festival (ACAMF), a revered annual celebration of arts and culture, is thrilled to announce its highly anticipated return more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy 55th birthday Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Zwan, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy). Plus, Adele, Andrew WK, Johnny Cash, Cat Power, Neil Diamond, Dixie Chicks, Guided By Voices, Stephen Malkmus, Run The Jewels—to name just a few. Chavez photo for MAGNET by... more info

Magnet Magazine — 30 years ago today, Guided By Voices released Bee Thousand. Are you still amplified to rock? Twelve of the album’s 20 tracks made our list of the 500 best GBV-related songs of all time, including our number-one pick: The post Guided By Voices Relea... more info

Magnet Magazine — 10 years ago today, MAGNET turned 21 with a show featuring Guided By Voices, Surfer Blood and Titus Andronicus at the Trocadero in our hometown of Philly. Since then, MAGNET stopped being a print magazine, the Trocadero closed its doors for good and ... more info

Stereogum — For years New York’s Katie Battistoni has been publishing intimate recordings of her savvy, smartass songs under the name Katy The Kyng. For her new album Selfies Of You, set for release through Ryley Walker’s Husky Pants label, she seems to b... more info

Stereogum — It’s been five years since the Chicago band Twin Peaks put out an album. Though it doesn’t seem like they’ve officially broken up, its members are focusing on other things — two of them, Clay Frankel and Colin Croom, are currently playing ... more info