Stream Wavves’ King of the Beach at Fat Possum dot com

Spur – “Mr. Creep”Drag City continue their successful run of unearthing and resurrecting overlooked and forgotten gems from musical purgatory. Their latest rescue, in conjunction with Galactic Zoo, is the super-rare late ’60s/early ’70s Spur of the Moments LP, by Belleville, Illinois psych-pop outfit Spur (also known for a time as “The Unknowns”).

Read more about the reissue here.

Trumans Water – “5-7-10 Split” From the spazz-rock/squigglecore pioneers’ forthcoming new album, O Zeta Zunis, out 8/24 from Asthmatic Kitty.

Happy Wednesday afternoon– allow me to present, for your listening pleasure, Listen@MBV Entry #30: Baths‘ new long-player, Cerulean. It’s out next week from Anticon (pushed back from its original 6/22 date), but you can go ahead dig on this slice of warm, swirly electrocoustic goodness a full 7 days early. Enjoy.

Oval – “Kastell”

A reunited Guided By Voices will play the 21st anniversary Matador Records gala in October, along with Pavement, Sonic Youth, and others.

The Dirty Projectors & Bjork project, Mount Wittenberg Orca, is now available to purchase as an mp3 or lossless download.

Canadian indie bands talk to CBC News about playing the summer music festival circuit.

Pop & Hiss interviews Tame Impala's Kevin Parker about the band's inception.

Phosphorescent's Matt Houck talks to PopMatters about his latest album, Here's to Taking It Easy.

Mike Cooley of the Drive-By Truckers talks to The Boot about the band's country music influences.