Magnet Magazine — Happy 65th birthday Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers). Pictured with doppelgänger Will Ferrell. And look who’s sitting behind actor Michael Shannon and Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan during our YLT cover-story interview in the photo below. Is it Chad... more info

Stereogum — The dreamy Seattle rockers Spiral XP will release their new EP Blue Earth on Friday, and its title track was one of our favorites on the week that it came out. Today, the band shares the blearily pretty new song "Faith Electric," which stands as anot... more info

Stereogum — Yo La Tengo will perform a benefit show in support of Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico Oct. 27 at The Long Time in Austin, Texas. The event will raise funds for Talarico’s Senate campaign, with each ticket requiring a $100 donation ... more info

Magnet Magazine — 30 years ago today, Yo La Tengo released Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo. There’s a name for everything. Read our cover interview with YLT by two-time Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon: The post Yo La Tengo Released “Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo�... more info

Magnet Magazine — 45 years ago today, the Kinks released Give The People What They Want. The past is gone—it’s all been said. Read our cover-story Q&A with Ray Davies by Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan: The post The Kinks Released “Give The People What They Want” 4... more info

Stereogum — On Saturday night, an all-star team of musicians gathered at the Broad Museum in Los Angeles to pay tribute to Yoko Ono, a very famous lady and an icon of avant-garde art and music. The 93-year-old Ono was not in attendance herself, but the event, bi... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Michael Shannon. Just sit there and eat your wonderful egg salad. Photo for MAGNET by Chris Sikich. Read our live review of Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy And Friends Play R.E.M.’s Murmur and the cover interview the twice Oscar-nomi... more info

Stereogum — Yo La Tengo recently announced this year's run of their annual Hannukah shows, slated for Dec. 4 to 11 at NYC's Bowery Ballroom. The pre-sale went down last week, and it was ruined by — you guessed it — scalpers! The band has since announced that... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Gene Holder (dB’s, Yo La Tengo, Salt Collective). Dynamite! Photo for MAGNET by Chris Sikich. Read our Salt Collective live review: The post Happy Birthday Gene Holder (dB’s, Yo La Tengo, Salt Collective) appeared first on Magnet M... more info

Magnet Magazine — Cub recently poked its head out of the post-’90s void with the 30th-anniversary reissue of Come Out Come Out (Mint). Fans of the Vancouver-based cuddlecore pioneers may still have copy of the original triple-seven-inch vinyl version the band was se... more info