Stereogum — Violens head Jorge Elbrecht put together an interesting Winter Mixtape, turning Xasthur (RIP) into pop, mashing My Bloody Valentine with the Byrds, covering Wire and Saint Etienne, etc. Things are somewhat sunnier (but still chillier and, in fact, ch... more info

NME - Radar — Dublin duo Solar Bears are the Planet Mu's latest signing. They make analog synth music that sounds like the singing Triffids from a JG Ballard novel getting amorous with Little Weed from Bill and Ben. In their downtime they hang-out in one of their ... more info

Guardian Music — Is this sparkling album of lo-fi surf pop one of the best releases of 2010? Judge for yourself ...Yet another fuzzy, lo-fi, surf-pop band beamed in from Planet Blogosphere, right? Right, but also wrong. Because Best Coast (Californian duo Bethany Cos... more info

Guardian Music — (Full Time Hobby)An enjoyable if occasionally familiar-sounding second album from this New York trio – twin sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza plus former Secret Machines guitarist Benjamin Curtis – continues their open-armed embrace of the wo... more info

KEXP Seattle — http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/122/m_88bc1f91384b44eaa01c1f295b8eff09.jpg It goes without saying how much shoegaze-identified Crash City Saints derive influence from My Bloody Valentine and The Cocteau Twins from the atmospheric waves of... more info

Guardian Music — (Freestyle Dust/Parlophone)The Chemical Brothers have slightly changed their way of working on their seventh album. Gone – apart from a snatch of Stephanie Dosen on the opening, hymnal Snow – are the celebrity guest vocalists, with Tom Rowlands o... more info

Time Out, London — Baltimore girl-guy duo play their summery, hazily beautiful and elegantly nostalgic dream-pop, recalling My Bloody Valentine, Mazzy Star and Yo La Tengo. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Fermo said... Mezzoforte - Octopus (1980) Genre: Jazz fusion/funk http://electronicjazzproject.blogspot.com reservatory said... greg copeland - revenge will come - geffen (1982) peter kowald quintet - s/t - 'pmf' (1972) rock-a-mambo - african retro ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — The penultimate posting with songs found on the 1986 compilation LP A Different Kind Of TensionSide B : Track 2mp3 : Vee VV - The Romance Is Over Now this was the toughest of the lot to find info about, but thankfully the interwebby thing makes it a ... more info

Scotsman.com — IN 2004, the Pixies reformed, prompting jubilation amongst fans of incestuous punk rock Bible stories shouted in Spanish. In 2008, My Bloody Valentine followed suit, a cause o more info