FROM TEH INTERNETS!

BROOKLYNVEGAN ON SHELLSHAG AND SCREAMING FEMALES:
"Screaming Females (who will NOT be at SXSW because they plan to record their new album during that time) play a showcase for their label, Don Giovanni Records, at Bowery Ballroom on February 6th (tickets still on sale). Also on the bill are forgetters, Shellshag, The Measure (SA), Black Wine, Groucho Marxists and JEFF The Brotherhood, who tour with Screaming Females into February."

LIMEWIRE ON SCREAMING FEMALES:
"Screaming Females are giving New Brunswick, NJ a good name. In 2009, the trio signed with the label Don Giovanni (also based out of New Brunswick), released their third LP, Power Move, and were courted by the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Dinosaur Jr., and Throwing Muses to go out on tour. Their diminuitive frontwoman Marissa Paternoster was even named “Best Shredder in New York City 2009″ by the Village Voice. (Children eat your heart out!) 2010 finds the Females prepping for tour and getting creative with some old 7″s. They’ve compiled six of their rarest tracks into one forthcoming collection, Singles, for which Paternoster did all the original artwork. You can download the track “I Do” here. It sounds like the kind of song I would’ve cranked in my bedroom in high school, screaming along with the opening line “I dig on calculus” and feeling very smart and rebellious. It’s a testament to the Females that the urge remains today."

PORTLAND MERCURY ON BLUNT MECHANIC:
"Ben Barnett has spent most of his musical life writing songs and performing under the guise of Kind of Like Spitting, an unpredictable project that released eight albums, including their standout, 2002's Bridges Worth Burning (one of my favorite records of last decade, for its aggressive drumming, shamelessly honest lyrics, and guitar riffs even heavier than the thoughts that were clearly weighing on Barnett's shoulders). Soon after that, Barnett disappeared from my radar. Kind of Like Spitting ceased to release new material after 2006, and it all felt like a dream. But now Barnett is back! And while it's too early to tell how I feel about his new band, Blunt Mechanic (I've only heard two songs), it's exciting that such a fearless songwriter has returned to the spotlight."