Brooklyn Vegan — Lou with Refused at Terminal 5 (more by BBG) As originally discovered back in January, and further confirmed in Summerstage's 2012 schedule (but previously with no artists) CBGB is throwing a festival...The four-day festival is scheduled to begin on ... more info

Guardian Music — Tumbling free, and making good use of the things that we findWe're on Tumblr. One doesn't like to boast about these things, but it's a fact. Guardianmusic.tumblr.com is the place where our writers stick up any songs, videos, pictures, and any other m... more info

DrownedInSound — Single of the Week! Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - ‘Tapes & Money’ (Polydor Records) Orlando Higginbottom continues to make droopy disco that reminds me I should not be reviewing music sitting down. And though I am told ‘Tapes & ... more info

Guardian Music — (XL)Willis Earl Beal has been homeless, he's been depressed, and through it all he made a series of CD demos that he left in public places, with his phone number attached. Now they've been gathered into an album and given a major release, with buzz t... more info

Stereogum — The reunited classic-lineup version of Guided By Voices appears to be back to its old prodigious ways. At the very beginning of the year, the band released the strong reunion album Let’s Go Eat The Factory. Just a few months later, they’re alread... more info

Bradley's Almanac — It's a bit behind schedule, but here's my annual list of recorded releases I'm most looking forward to this year. A handful of 2012 Tuesdays have already passed, but the lag time allowed me to sneak in a bunch of just-announced full-lengths. I've inc... more info

Stereogum — Guided By Voices just released Let’s Go Eat The Factory earlier this year, so a solo album from Robert Pollard is long overdue. In March, GBV’s Budweiser bard releases Mouseman Cloud, an album Fire Records says has an emphasis on “wordplay rath... more info

Time — At the end of each month, TIME will make a Spotify playlist of new music. This time, we’ve got a 12-song mix featuring everything from Guided by Voices to Sri Lankan-American soul singer Bhi Bihman. more info

DrownedInSound — The band’s first album since 2004’s Half-Smiles Of The Decomposed, is something of a lucky dip. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Few are better than Guided by Voices at writing potent, rich, catchy rock songs. Throughout the 21 razor-sharp chunks o’ rock over 41 non-stop minutes on “Let’s Eat the Factory,” the indie progenitors whose lo-fidelity, highly addictive sound... more info