Pavement's on their way to a long summer of festivals and one-off gigs, but curating an ATP is a sweet way to get things started. (It's also a sweet way to get in some time with their side projects…   Read Story »

Last June, the legendary New Zealand musician Chris Knox suffered a "series" of strokes. A few months later, we posted Jeff Mangum's cover of the Tall Dwarfs gem "Sign The Dotted Line," a take that…   Read Story »

There's a good chance the majority of MGMT's core audience know nothing about the Clean. This isn't their fault. They were barely alive during the seminal New Zealand band's heyday. Still, that…   Read Story »

With that song title, you immediately think of the Beatles (or, okay, this accompanying promo photo). The fact that it's the Clean makes me think of all the Flying Nun and the more consistently noisy…   Read Story »

Merge Records turns 20 this year and the celebration is well underway. Last week we told you about the five-day summer fest in North Carolina with Superchunk, Spoon, Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Destroyer,…   Read Story »