The Sonics

This week: reviews of new albums from Sonny & The Sunsets, Unlikely Friends and Holiday Ghosts, plus new Slumberland band Jeanines, more Wannadies reissues, and a British synthpop comp.

The Primals — the fuzz-rock supergroup of Darkest Hour frontman John Henry, former Dead To Fall bassist Chad Fjerstad, and former The Explosion drummer Andrew Black — recently released their great, John Reis-produced debut album All Love Is True Love on Southern Lord...

The Primals are fronted by Darkest Hour vocalist John Henry and also include members of Dead To Fall and The Explosion, but their John Reis-produced debut LP sounds more like '90s Foo Fighters or Torche.

A killer triple bill of rock n' roll lifers set sail on Saturday night in NYC for a Rocks Off Concert Cruise, featuring Seattle greats The Sonics, NYC super-rock party legends The Fleshtones, and NC true believers Flat Duo Jets...

Both The Fleshtones and Flat Duo Jets have many other tour dates too.

Seattle’s iconic The Sonics helped set the blueprint for punk and, as last year's 'This is the Sonics' proved, they're still making vital music today...

Also: Deerhunter, Thee Oh Sees, Foxygen, Pond, Cherry Glazerr, Washed Out, The Black Angels, METZ, La Luz, King Gizzard, and plenty more.

SiriusXM this week launched Volume, what they're describing as the first-ever 24/7 all talk channel about music. The daytime schedule features: "Feedback," a morning drive time show anchored by Nik Carter and magazine editor/writer Lori Majewski; hard rock DJ Eddie Trunk hosts…

Deerhunter, The Sonics, Suicide, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Thee Oh Sees, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Television, Warpaint, S U R V I V E, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Connan Mockasin, White Fence, Fat White Family and load more play the fest this weekend.

Veteran garage-punks The Sonics released their first new album in forever last year and did a big tour on top of that. Now, continuing to stay active, they've got a handful of shows coming up...