Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano Wavves @ Knitting Factory in June (more by Alex Reside) Wavves 3.0 - with drummer Billy Hayes and bassist Stephen Pope, who wrote two and one songs, respectively, on King of the Beach - had a round... more info

Altsounds — This time a year ago, it was anybody's guess what would become of Wavves. In six months of national notoriety Nathan Williams had been built up as the future of indie rock, poster boy for lo-fi So Cal stoner pop-punk, only to become whipping boy whe... more info

Nialler9 — The best new music this week… Jai Paul – ‘BTSU’ A tip from Richie Egan when he appeared on Donal Dineen’s show, Jai Paul is a producer from London who is just starting out. So far, he’s been making electronic R&B with dub frequencies. It ... more info

Nialler9 — I’m very impressed with Wavves‘ new album King of the Beach – a much more focused, cleaner and varied effort brimming with sunshine anthems. It would have been easy for Nathan Williams to slide into oblivion after the infamous breakdown, band b... more info

Totally Fuzzy — -nits- said... brenda russell-paris rain (2000) with her hidden beach recordings debut, 'paris rain' is the soundtrack of an international stroll of cultures and emotions. alanis morissette-jagged little pill (1995) this canadian artist got me lifte... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Wavves is streaming his new album, King Of The Beach, in its full glory. You can hear it at his website. If you like it enough, you can buy it from itunes right now. It comes out on other digital outlets on July 13th, and it’s physical release isnâ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Stream the new Wavves album, King of the Beach (out digitally today, out on CD & vinyl August 3rd). The Washington Post reports that W.S. Merwin has been named poet laureate of the U.S. The Believer's 2010 music issue is... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — It's been a long time since we heard anything from the still Hypeworthy Oxford, MS, based trio Young Buffalo, but we're excited to announce a few brand new album tidbits... but first, here's a new live in-studio session video for their song "New Beat... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Lauren Dukoff King of the Beach, the new Cali punk album from Wavves, hits iTunes tomorrow, other digital stores July 13, and physical stores August 3, all via Fat Possum. And right now, the whole thing is streaming at this website. Have ... more info

Stereogum — After a titanic weekend in NYC, the only plan I had for this week was to gently massage my legs and liver with a few days of maximum meditation. Then Wavves started tweeting about his scheduled appearance at last night’s FADER issue release party a... more info