Caribou's nine-song Swim follows his nine-song 2007 Polaris Winning-Andorra. The last one was 42:59. This one's 43:10. Just a quick, statistical way of pointing that that since Dan Snaith founded his…   Read Story »

People hate Burzum. A passing mention of Varg Vikernes' longstanding one-man black metal project is enough to kick-start a heated debate. (I know, it happened to me in a bar last night. And a few…   Read Story »

NAME: Robyn PROGRESS REPORT: Mixing the first of three mini-albums she will release this year. A big part of Robyn's story is how, when she felt frustrated with her former label, the Swedish…   Read Story »

In their words, UK twosome Peepholes is the result of Katia Barrett and Nick Carlisle trading off "singing, drumming, keyboards, Kaos pad, guitar etc" duties. In our words, "etc" should include…   Read Story »

We heard Franz Ferdinand's collaboration with Marion Cotillard a couple months back, and now it has the much-needed visuals to go with it. This Dior commercial (Cotillard is the new face of Lady…   Read Story »

If you hadn't heard, UK electro-sculptor, theorist, remixer, and manifesto writer Matthew Herbert (he of the Big Band) is working on an album One Pig that, in his words, "will be made up entirely of…   Read Story »

Salome is one of the most exciting bands in underground metal. We're talking top 5. I booked the Virginia trio twice in a four month span for my old Show No Mercy series because they're so compelling…   Read Story »

Hasn't Haiti suffered enough? The mildly anticipated retread of Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie's landmark "We Are The World" -- with 21st century flashes in the pan and abundant Auto-Tune in place…   Read Story »