Stereogum — Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament is clearly a fan of contemporary indie-rock. When asked to pick his five favorite songs of 2017 for a recent piece on Rolling Stone , he included tracks by Grizzly Bear and the Lemon Twigs and shouted out St. Vincent, th... more info

Stereogum — Last month we introduced you to Mastersystem, a new supergroup of sorts featuring Frightened Rabbit's Scott and Grant Hutchison alongside another set of siblings, Editors bassist Justin Lockey plus his brother James Lockey. (Justin and James also pla... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mogwai, Franz Ferdinand, The Pastels, Spinning Coin, Errors and more Scottish artists have contributed songs to a new charity compilation titled Glasgow Nights. Proceeds benefit Money Advice Scotland which works to improve the financial health of the... more info

Metal Injection — My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai, Mono, and 65daysofstatic too! The post NINE INCH NAILS, DEFTONES, ALCEST & More Booked For Meltdown Festival 2018 appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Consequence of Sound — Deftones, Placebo, Manic Street Preachers, The Libertines, and Mogwai are also set to perform at the 10-day festival. more info

Nialler9 — The line-up has been announced for new Irish festival All Together NoW which takes place from August 3rd to 5th at Curraghmore Estate, County Waterford. Line-up Features: Fleet Foxes Underworld Roisín Murphy Mura Masa First Aid Kid Chaka Kha... more info

Uncut — Portishead, Mogwai and Elijah Wood lead the tributes Portishead, Mogwai and Elijah Wood lead the tributes The post Film composer Jóhann Jóhannsson has died aged 48 appeared first on Uncut. more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — Sam PinkFrom: Chicago, United StatesThe latest release from Bristol based Be Softly a “creative collective and record label” is a collaboration with American poet Sam Pink. Your Glass Head Against the Brick Parade of Now Whats is a spoken... more info

Stereogum — Typhoon is a Portland combo that applies a grand post-rock sweep to world-weary alt-rock balladry, like if Frightened Rabbit teamed up with Mogwai (and were based in the Pacific Northwest instead of Scotland). Offerings, their fourth album, is out ne... more info

Sweeping The Nation — As explained in the A-J post last time out, by "other" we mean anything not from one of our top 50 albums of the year. The second hundred of our far too large selection runs thus... Kagoule - Monsieur AutomatonKamikaze Girls - DeathcapKatiya Falcone... more info