Ty Segall, whose Melted was one of my favorite LPs of last year, has a new record coming out June 21st via Drag City. Yup, we’re jazzed. In the meantime, here’s Segall as Ty Rex, donning his best Bolan top hat, doing his take on”The Slider” via the Goner Records Record Store Day 12″ exclusive. [...]

For all the legacy of Sonic Youth’s noise-laden, avant-garde beginnings and the continued examination of it through their later work, founding member Thurston Moore’s solo albums have always been a touch more pop leavened. 2007′s Trees Outside the Academy was even downright gorgeous in many spots, taking his music in softer directions than it had [...]