Pop Matters — Todd Snider Snider is offering his new album, Peace Queer, for free between now and October 31. Download the entire record in sparkling MP3 and watch for PopMatters' review later this... more info

Guardian Music — Beautiful yet detached, this album crashes cosmic rock into the arty end of electronica more info

Stereogum — Less than 48 hours ago, Mercury Rev's "Butterfly's Wing" took us on a psychedelic trek through a Japanese landscape stocked with rice paper boats and jellyfish, twisty tree branches, dragonflies, kindly whales, and flower pedal rainstorms. Following... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: VK Red Duvivier “Ready or not, here I come,” singer Jonathan Donahue declares in “Senses on Fire” on Mercury Rev’s new album, Snowflake Midnight (Yep Roc) — in a machinelike croon so obscured by dirty, rubbery electronics that it�... more info

My Old Kentucky — Since we have Fujiya & Miyagi on the brain this week, we figured we better let you know about this F&M remix of Mercury Rev's Senses On Fire. Senses On Fire was the first single form MR's latest album Snowflake Midnight.The band is to release their ... more info

The Music Slut — Mercury Rev - Senses... (Fujiya & Miyagi Mix)Mercury Rev recently unveiled Snowflake Midnight.F&M unleashed their clip for 'Knickerbocker' in August.MP3: Mercury Rev - Senses... (F&M Mix) more info

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Guardian Music — Mercury Rev | Sugababes | Kaiser Chiefs | Cage The Elephant | TV On The Radio more info

AngryApe — The band are also working on their second album more info

The Music Fix — Review: Mercury Rev have lost it. John Donnelly isn't impressed with their latest offering. more info