Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Jay Dee Daugherty (Patti Smith, Tom Verlaine, Church, Indigo Girls). We are rising. Photo for MAGNET by Chris Sikich. Read our Patti Smith live review from 2019: The post Happy Birthday Jay Dee Daugherty (Patti Smith, Tom Verlaine, Chu... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy 75th birthday Tom Verlaine (Television). R.I.P. Sleep light on these shores tonight. Read East River Pipe in MAGNET on Verlaine: The post Happy 75th Birthday Tom Verlaine (Television), R.I.P. appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Obscure Sound — Jangly guitars and subdued vocals stir across “Escape,” a moody track from Chicago-based band Dulce. The vocals resemble a hazier Tom Verlaine, exuding bleakly contemplative lyricism — “I can’t escape with you,” — amidst a memorable gui... more info

Obscure Sound — “Silent Type” is the lead single from Brighton-based act Soft Sports’ debut EP Elephant. A galloping bass line and suave vocals are nicely accompanied by vibrant guitar lines in the first minute, the vocals and guitar work reminiscent of Televi... more info

Stereogum — Violent Femmes have announced Hotel Last Resort, their 10th studio album and the follow-up to 2016's We Can Do Anything , their first LP in 16 years. And today they're sharing its lead single and title track, which features the legendary Television ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Lead single features Television frontman Tom Verlaine. more info

KEXP Seattle — Yet again, I come to you on this Thursday somewhat surprised. I’ve covered the first two Television albums, plus Richard Lloyd’s Field of Fire, but this is my first time bringing you one of Television guitar genius Tom Verlaine’s own solo album... more info

Obscure Sound — The Radio Fliers are an act out of the Bay Area that play a no-frills yet insanely fun rock centered around jangly guitars, strong songwriting, and timelessly nonchalant vocals — not too distant tonally from the likes of Tom Verlaine. Their new rel... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Cleveland guitarist/singer/songwriter/scenemaker Peter Laughner, best known for co-founding Rocket From The Tombs and Pere Ubu, died at far too young an age in 1977. But he managed to pack an astonishing amount of activity into his short life — inc... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dean Wareham @ Maxwell's, 2011 (more by Chris Gersbeck) While we already knew that "Nonesuch Records at BAM" and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus / Bryce Dessner collaboration (though details on that one were TBA) were going to be part of... more info