Sweeping The Nation — The Accident Group - Go Away (Please Come Back) There's a handful of bands with what could loosely be described as lyrically comic intent at the moment, a few good, a lot more "we already have Art Brut at home". Manchester's The Accident Group, named after a failed personal injury claims company and describing themselves as "on a constant quest to write the ultimate pop song, forever waylaid by rock 'n' roll", seem like they're going to fit into the former category, or more precisely the limited/liminal space between Thank, early Sports Team and some band who released one 7" in 1981 featured on a Cherry Red compilation. Laughing - Bruised Classic power-pop shapes that would keep Evan Dando even more awake at night and apply a suntan (despite being from Montreal) to Songs From Northern Britain-era Teenage Fanclub. The rest we've either written about recently or you already know of, so scooting along... Les Savy Fav - World Got Great ME REX - Canada Water Smilodon by ME REX mui zyu - the rules of what an earthling can be Nilufer Yanya - Like I Say (I runaway) more info

Consequence Of Sound — Taking inspiration from the iconic band Phish. Consequence Crossword: “Phish Food” Wren Graves more info

New York Post — Moody Blues founder Mike Pinder has died at 82. more info

Stereogum — Taylor Swift released The Tortured Poets Department , a surprise double album, last week. On Monday night, Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe sat down for a conversation with The Guardian critic Alexis Petridis ahead of the release of their new album Nonetheless . Naturally, Swift came up as a topic of conversation. more info

Consequence Of Sound — Gary Clark Jr., The Linda Lindas, Widespread Panic, Tyler Childers, The Beaches, and more will take turns opening for The Stones. The Rolling Stones Reveal Opening Acts for 2024 “Hackney Diamonds” Tour Scoop Harrison more info

Consequence Of Sound — The 70-date world tour will be spread across five continents. Porter Robinson Announces 2024-2025 Tour Eddie Fu more info

Stereogum — The Get Up Kids have announced a 25th anniversary tour for Something To Write Home About , and they’ll play the album in full each night. The anniversary shows starts with an appearance at Four Chord Music Fest in Pittsburgh at the end of June; the tour picks up in earnest in August, and runs through October culminating in the second wave emo fest Best Friends Forever in Las Vegas. more info

Metal Injection — 1999, meet 2024. more info