Pitchfork — Last year, when the fabled Black Lips/Wavves beef was still raging, Black Lips member Jared Swilley followed up an inter-band bar brawl in Brooklyn by giving an interview to Buddyhead in which he used the word "faggot" four times in reference to Wavv... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Amy Phillips; Above: Major Lazer Tom Breihan's SXSW Reports: Wed | Thu | Fri | SatRyan Dombal's SXSW Reports: Wed | Thu | Fri | SatAmy Phillips' SXSW Reports: Wed | Thu | Fri In case you didn't hear, it was reall... more info

Pitchfork - TV — We tag along with the scuzz-punks at last year's SXSW as they tell stories of the Weed Demon and chill with Bun B. more info

Guardian Music — Dream-pop, nature and nostalgia is in, raging against the machine is out. Just when did indie rock get so laidback?The US music blogosphere seems to have been turfed of late. The general terrain has returned to nature: gone are the tacky, post-Justic... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: MNDR - I Go Away (MP3) MNDR @ Mercury Lounge (more by Erez Avissar) MNDR plays a free show with Restless People at Brooklyn Bowl tonight (Tuesday, 2/9), and then again at the same venue with WAVVES exactly one... more info

Stereogum — Vancouver's Cameron Reed, aka Babe Rainbow, builds eerie, bump-in-the-night electronic landscapes he files under "surf-step." The compositions are chilly and atmospheric, but maintain momentum despite the fractures: Think SALEM, Norwegian hypnotist S... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — WAVVES @ Market Hotel in September (more by Leia Jospe) WAVVES' last trip to NYC included a show at Santos and Market Hotel and a scuffle with a member of Black Lips. On Tuesday, February 16th, WAVVES (Nathan and drummer... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — WAVVES @ Market Hotel in September (more by Leia Jospe) WAVVES' last trip to NYC included a show at Santos and Market Hotel and a scuffle with a member of Black Lips. On Tuesday, February 16th, WAVVES (Nathan and drummer... more info

Nialler9 — Nostalgic soft-focus black and white video for The Drums‘ 80s-tastic ‘I Felt Stupid’. It was directed by Chris Moukarbel and Valerie Veatch. Related Posts BBC Sound of 2010 announced Nialler9 Podcast #28 – Wavves / Atlas Sound / Washed ... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this week we took a magnifying glass to Pitchfork's Top 100 Songs Of 2009. Most of those songs appeared on albums, which leads us to the site's Top 50 Albums Of 2009. For starters, metal creeps in via Baroness and Sunn O))), but not Mastod... more info