Culture Bully — Photo coverage of Shellac, Bear Claw and Three Second Kiss at Minneapolis' Varsity Theater (06/25/2009). more info

MVSW — Femi Kuti, Santigold, Raphael Saadiq @ Hollywood Bowl Shellac @ Echoplex Circle Jerks @ Key Club “Grand Ole Echo” w/ Steve Casper, Dave Gleason, Nicole Gordon @ Echo Trevor Garrod, Amy Correia, Christopher Fairman @ Hotel Cafe SEN DOG @ Roxy more info

NME — Explosions In The Sky, Shellac, Tortoise for December bash more info

MVSW — Chairlift @ Getty Center Constantines, Crystal Antlers, I Was King @ Echo De La Soul @ Galaxy Theatre Julie Doiron, Jen and Abby, Aaron Beaumont and The Petrojvic Blasting, Soul Puppet, Whitton @ Hotel Cafe Shellac, Arcwelder @ Echoplex Indio Bait ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Steve Albini's band Shellac captures his penchant for antagonistic noise squalls, but puts it in a dark, byzantine framework. On records, it's stark enough to kill, and live they're equally harrowing. Echoplex, 1152 Glendale Blvd., Echo Park. 8 p.m... more info

Totally Fuzzy — e. said...klaxons - myths of the near future (2007)http://www.lado-e.blogspot.comFrisian said...On Frisian’s Other FavoritesBlue-Eyed Soul/British Invasion;Zoot Money - Welcome to My Head [1969, Vinyl]Musical;Do Re Mi, 1960 Cast [1961]Singer-S... more info

Guardian Music — Louis Pattison reveals why Jarvis and the Manics want the Albini effectThe thing that every popular musician fears most - apart from some Mark Chapman-like stalkerfan that's broken into their home and is panting in a cupboard clutching a rusty shiv -... more info

Totally Fuzzy — jeffen said...Sewer Trout - Discography (a.k.a.a From The Forgotten Memories Of Punks Failed Hopes And Forgotten Dreams Loom...) (1998)http://totallyfuzzy.blogspot.com* ??? What you've been smoking mate? :grin: ** he probably meant to post his own li... more info

JamBase — Camp Bestival brings back the Great British camping holiday From July 24- 26 2009 at Lulworth Castle in Dorset, U.K. Bon Iver Camp Bestival 2009 features an amazing musical lineup, including PJ Harvey, Will Young, Chic feat. Nile Rogers, Mercury ... more info

Guardian Music — From punk fanzine to alt-rock institution, the story of this Chicago indie powerhouse is not just of one record label, but of American underground music of the last three decadesAlternative rock may forever be associated with Nirvana and their early-... more info