Pitchfork — Just thinking about krautrock duo Neu! on this please-let-it-be-spring Brooklyn day makes me want to take an impromptu road trip to anywhere. They made car music for the long stretches in-between rest stops-- think endless drives through European fl... more info

Pitchfork — The last Dirty Projectors full-length, 2007's Rise Above, reimagined a Black Flag hardcore classic as an art-jazz cave painting, so these forever-fluctuating Brooklyn space cadets aren't exactly short on ambition. Since Rise Above, the band has lock... more info

All About Jazz — Sonic Youth To Release The Eternal Sonic Youth's 16th album, The Eternal, will be released on double vinyl, compact disc, and digital album by Matador Records on June 9. Produced by John Agnello and the band, The Eternal not only marks Sonic Youth'... more info

JamBase — Sonic Youth To Release The Eternal Sonic Youth's 16th album, The Eternal, will be released on double vinyl, compact disc, and digital album by Matador Records on June 9. Produced by John Agnello and the band, The Eternal not only marks Sonic Yo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Ryan Barkan Duffy @ Lollapalooza 2008 (more by Bao Nguyen) The cola war has been heating up globally in the last couple of months with music as the weapon of choice. Pepsi's image rebranding campaign, including a new smile-esque... more info

The Music Fix — News: The Godfathers (and Queen) of Alt-Noise Rock return on June the 9th with their 16th album 'The Eternal'. Released of Matador Records, not only is this their first release on an independent (aside from their own SYR experimental works) since the... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — In his day job fronting Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore is working on the release of an ominous-sounding new album, "The Eternal." Before then, however, he'll work out some of his freakier, noisier impulses at this solo show at the Smell. If Moore were a... more info

Pitchfork — Anyone who rented Vicky Christina Barcelona shouldn't be hurting for excuses to jump on a plane to Spain, but we're giving you one anyway. Last month, we announced that Pitchfork would curate a stage at this summer's Primavera Sound Festival, which ... more info

Guardian Music — Portishead are free! And looking for ideas on how to release their next album.The band have announced on their MySpace blog that they are "free of a deal" and "free of commitment", following the release of last year's Third, their first studio album ... more info

MTV.com News — 'We had this challenge to make something that felt more raw and dangerous,' frontman Geoff Rickly says of new album.By Melanie Wolfson Thursday's Geoff Rickly Photo: Getty Images/ Paul McConnell After a decade spent shuffling between label... more info