lostcontrolforweb.jpgNeasden Control Centre (NCC) is the British design agency of Steve Smith. Smith, who is in his early thirties and lives in Brighton, maintaining a secret identity similar to other artists working in the genre of street-art-inspired design. Smith refers to his work as “visual rants;” his work shows an obvious background in experimental street art and cut-and-paste ‘zine making. Read more

Mess With Texas 2MESS WITH TEXAS 2 ANNOUNCES A FULL DAY OF FREE MUSIC AND COMEDY IN AUSTIN, TX AT WATERLOO PARK

Mess With Texas, an annual party thrown in Austin, in the south by southwestern region of the US, at the same time as a certain other major music festival, has expanded in its second year to a massive, outdoor, FREE, ALL AGES event with three stages and an exclusive Austin performance from headliners The Breeders and NOFX and comedians like Janeane Garofalo, MTV’s Human Giant and Brian Posehn. Read more

Mates of State
Partners Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel, better known as Mates of State, will release a new album, Re-Arrange Us, on May 20th (Barsuk). The release date was scheduled around the birth of their first child.

Mates Of State: www.MySpace.com/MatesOfState
Barsuk: www.barsuk.com

Photo by Nicole Radja.

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laflerskeleton.jpgIf you are like me, you have a life long love affair with print in all it’s manifestations—books, magazines, newspapers, graphic novels, comics books, posters, drink coasters—in short, anything you can feed through a press and slap some ink on can be the object of this affection.

With the rise of the web and “new” media, newspapers and magazines are shrinking from reduced ad revenues and circulation. The venerable Punk Planet has folded, publishers of every stripe struggle to break even, and kids spend the majority of their reading time online, instant messaging and the like. Read more

In his book, titled simply “Bears,” Kent Rogowski took photos of stuffed bears that have been turned inside out. Read more

Young Marble Giants will treat audiences at this year’s Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona’s Parc del Fòrum May 29-31. Read more

Hear the remix here: Link (via Hype Machine)

The BreedersThe Breeders, the on-and-off project from Pixies bassist Kim Deal and her twin sister Kelley, have announced dates on the 4AD website for their tour in support of their coming April release, Mountain Battles. After an appearance at Coachella and a handful of West Coast dates, the group will make their way across the country to the East Coast. The Breeders will also be offering a single not available in the U.S., featuring “We’re Gonna Rise” (previously found for .2 seconds on their Myspace page) and “German Demonstration” — a preview of the linguistic endeavors on the new album. Read more

Atmosphere will be touring to support their new record, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold Read more

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