NME - Radar — The Radar band in this week's magazine is Parquet Courts, the Brooklyn four-piece that have been smashing up boxroom venues with a mix of Ramones punk and pithy lyrics that pin down, more than your average, the predicament of being a kid in the city... more info

Swedesplease — Well this is about the best thing I’ve heard in a minute. Volcano are a three piece from Sweden featuring two strong female presences. And a dude on drums. Think Ramones meets the Pixies and the Throwing Muses. The music on the new EP Me Me Me is a... more info

NME - Radar — “For me, it’s simple,” says Charlie Boyer, setting his pint down thoughtfully on the table of a gloomy Camden drinking hole. “I just wanna make primitive, sexy, glamorous rock’n’roll music.” This is the manifesto he dished out to The Vo... more info

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Here Comes The Flood — London based garage punk quartet Sauna Youth celebrate the art of the 7" single with the double whammy False Jesii Pt.II b/w Oh Joel, mixing the fun of The Ramones with the deceptively innocent vocals of bands like Belly and The Rosehips, Lo-fi po... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Victoria, BC-based rock trio Babysitter has signed with the venerable Montreal imprint Psychic Handshake. Though technically their first long-player, Eye has a lot in common with the group's previous efforts in that it's marked by lo-fi re... more info

Guardian Music — Tempted to view the Stones bringing Florence Welch onstage as cheap credibility chasing? Their history suggests otherwiseYou might have sighed a little, surveying the latest reports of the Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary shows. So Florence Welch cam... more info

Chorus.fm — An acoustic performance by Brian Fallon (*The Gaslight Anthem (http://www.absolutepunk.net/thegaslightanthem)*) at the Ramones Museum, can be watched here (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=115040082#post115040082). more info

Guardian Music — Alexandra Palace, London"I'm nobody's hero," hollers Justin Young during Teenage Icon, the self-deprecating centrepiece of the Vaccines' second album, Come of Age. Some 10,000 lager-flinging addicts, bawling along, beg to differ. For all of the new a... more info

Prefix — Divine Fits recently wrapped up their first ever tour in support of their recently released debut, A Thing ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/watch-divine-fits-and-bradford-cox-cover-the-ramon/71984/ more info