L.A. Times - Entertainment — Appropriately premiering in Sundance’s Next section, home to some of the festival’s most boundary-pushing storytelling, “Adam” is the feature directing debut for Rhys Ernst. Adapted by Ariel Shrag from her controversial 2014... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Beak> - Brean DownHey, we finally have news of the new album by the Invada force! Out on 21st September, confusingly if logically being their third album it's called >>> and on this track pushes the fuzz-Kraut into the dark side, sounding like a ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — As of this weekend, an enormous crater opens up in the bedroom-insular, open air-spectacular world of indiepop as the Chance the Gardener of indie majordomo of all he surveyed Sean Price winds up his Fortuna Pop! label with a long London weekend enti... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Sauna Youth's album Disctractions is one of my favorite albums of the year, the kind of shouty, strident indie punk (punky indie rock?) played with maximum snarl and energy. (For folks who remember and miss Shrag, this... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — ShragFrom: Brighton, United KingdomWell after almost 10 years of ploughing a determinedly DIY furrow Brighton popsters Shrag have called it a day depriving the UK of one of the finest bands of their generation. I hope those of you out there who have ... more info

DrownedInSound — Single of the Week! Lorn - ‘Weigh Me Down’ (Ninja Tune) As you should know by now, Lorn is not creating flowery music; he prefers to wallow in the weeks-rank, dank stuff at the bottom of the vase. And it is not especially subtle music, wit... more info

DrownedInSound — With Canines Shrag have delivered a more mature record than either of its predecessors... Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

DrownedInSound — Brighton collective Shrag might be veterans of the DIY scene, having first emerged almost a decade ago. Nevertheless, their incendiary, occasionally shambolic, but never dull live shows have often thrown up several talking points. Such as why haven't... more info

Guardian Music — Kiss Glen Campbell's rhinestones goodbye on his farewell tour (21 Oct-13 Nov, starting at The Lowry, Salford) …Three nights of indie pop mark the Fortuna Pop 15th Anniversary (1-3 Nov, Scala, N1) with multiple janglesome acts including Crystal Stil... more info

Guardian Music — Drake, on tourLil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment is like a finishing school would be, were swearing actively encouraged there. And while Wayne himself was unavoidably detained for much of 2010, his proteges performed magnificently in his absence. ... more info