The latest scuzzy, lo-fi garage rock band to hit the scene are the Denton, TX-based Fergus & Geronimo.

Video footage of Gospel Gossip & Lookbook at Minneapolis’ Sauce Soundbar.

Minneapolis-based band Chooglin’ are back, this time with a collection of their loose rock and roll songs on their newest disc Sweet Time.

Their music is fun and easy to like and is bringing the band some well deserved attention (more than enough to make up for the lack of national attention Hockey Night got when they were around).

The best of the month of July as chosen by Culture Bully contributors.

You can’t really argue that “Dominos,” the first single released by English buzz duo Big Pink, is an instant attention grabber.

Any new Nick Thorburn is good, and the first song from the upcoming Islands album, Vapours, is no exception…

With its opening slot on Wavves’ recent nationwide tour, Vampire Hands soared to the front of the pack in terms of becoming Minneapolis’ next “breakout” act. Now with its third full length album, Hannah in the Mansion, the band has refined its sound and has adapted its tribal psychedelic rock for a much wider audience.

“Overnite Religion” is a hazy song that saunters along with Vile’s echo-y vocals and a spry, shuffling guitar rhythm…

Four takes on the Flaming Lips’ performance at the 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, IL (07/19/2009).

The explosive Vancouver-based duo, whom I had never seen before, ended up playing my favorite set of Pitchfork that didn’t include streamers, giant balloons and confetti.

Since the pummeling fuzz, swinging hair and Flying V snarls of his debut record Blood Visions, Reatard has now re-envisioned himself as a softer-around-the-edges pop writing machine on his sophomore release Watch Me Fall.