L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Hey, Hollywood Bowl, any time you want to take a breather from booking nerd-salivating sets for fall, you just go ahead and relax and pour yourself a drink. Pavement and Sonic Youth and No Age on Sept. 30? Phoenix and... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sonic Youth @ United Palace in 2009 (more by Bao Nguyen) tonight in NYC * Devo in Clifton Park, NY * Apache Beat @ Brooklyn Bowl * Lilith Fair @ PNC Bank Arts Center * Gogol Bordello @ Starland Ballroom... more info

Stereogum — New Jersey’s Big Troubles mention Lilys as an influence — I’d bet the house (and an ear) they’re talking about the old Slumberland/SpinART shoegaze/noise-pop Lilys, not the later throwback Kinks version. “Bite Yr Tongue” reads more like a... more info

Popdose — Though Sonic Youth are the quintessential indie rock group, they actually spent 18 years on a major label. Michael Fortes looks back at the start of it all. more info

KEXP Seattle — I could be a total poseur and pretend I’ve been a NEU! fan since my teens, but the truth is that until Astralwerks reissued their first three albums in 2001, I’d never listened to their music first-hand. But plenty of artists I admire — Stereol... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sonic Youth @ MHOW in 2009 (more by Lori Baily) "What I'm aiming for all the time when we play live is a balance between the high energy of loud music, and a calm meditational energy you sometimes find at... more info

Guardian Music — Four new songs prove that forthcoming single, Slow, isn't just a beautiful fluke for this soulful, Karen Carpenter-esque vocalistHometown: London.The lineup: Rumer (piano, vocals).The background: Rumer has been a rumour for a while now. We heard one ... more info

Stereogum — The High Confessions is a collaboration between Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley, Ministry/Revolting Cocks vocal maestro Chris Connelly, Chicago metal multi-tasker/producer Sanford Parker (Minsk, Nachtmystium, Twilight), and another Chicago producer, Je... more info

Guardian Music — The latest side project from pop polymath Matt Kivel finds him in thrall to the drone and moan of the Velvets and ValentinesHometown: Long Beach, California.The lineup: Matt Kivel (vocals, instruments).The background: It's a great time to dabble, to ... more info

NME — Hallogallo 2010 will headline this years Supersonic Festival more info