L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — At 2:35 p.m. Sunday, a herd of visibly anxious, slightly nerdy music fans could be seen running across the dusty field at L.A. State Historic Park in Chinatown, heading toward the Miranda Stage. more info

Guardian Music — This London five-piece have produced a debut single so promising you worry whether they'll ever quite match itReading on a mobile? Listen hereHometown: London. The lineup: Charlie Boyer (vocals, guitar), Danny Stead (bass), Sam Davies (guitar), Samir... more info

Guardian Music — Take a drag on this Montreal singer's love letter to the pleasures of having a puffReading on mobile? Watch hereOn the cover of his new album, 2, Montreal's Mac DeMarco is pictured wearing an oversized shirt and a baseball cap while hugging a battere... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Aside from the essential Precise Modern Lovers, live documents of Jonathan Richman’s first musical forays are few and far between. But this recording surfaced just a few years back, capturing Jonathan Richman, Jerry Harrison, David Robinson and Ern... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jonathan Richman at MHOW in 2010 (more by Andrew Frisicano) Jonathan Richman, who seems to come to NYC for a multiple night run at least once a year, has announced a 2012/2013 late fall/winter tour which brings him to NYC... more info

Guardian Music — David Best, also of Fujiya & Miyagi, has had enough of alpha males, and suggests we can learn a lot from the likes of Jonathan Richman and Frank Spencer2012 has been the year of the Olympics and for men, therefore, it's been impossible to escape the ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Melody Fisher Chicago indie rock duo Nervous Cloud are veterans odf the Windy City music scene. Travis Lee Wiggins (vocals, guitar) & Sarah Sterling (drums, vocals) have played in various bands before joining forces in 2010. Their self-tit... more info

Guardian Music — Indie pop might have been melodic, but it was also a real rebellion – against macho rock and the celebrity machine. Now one of its most talented exponents has a new albumIt was easy to mock, and that was one reason we liked it: it was a kind of mus... more info

Consequence of Sound — Contains covers of Nick Cave, Wire, Jonathan Richman, and... ABBA. more info

Impose Magazine — When Sacramento seminal noise punkers Mayyors broke up, drummer Julian Elorduy picked up a guitar to write woe-be-gone songs that would never have fit into a Mayyors set. He formed Fine Steps with the help of a few Ganglians and other players from th... more info