- The Acorn - "Restoration" Video Sep 1st
- The Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr., Deerhoof To Perform LPs For ATP Don't Look Back 2011 Sep 1st
- Fever Ray Continue To Scare The Shit Out Of Fans Sep 1st
- Valdur - "Berserrker" (Stereogum Premiere) Sep 1st
- Kylesa - "Tired Climb" Sep 1st
- The Depreciation Guild - "My Chariot" Video (Stereogum Premiere) Sep 1st

Longstanding Thin Lizzy/Judas Priest-loving, Fenriz-approved, '70s/'80s-metal torch carrying San Francisco underground metal heroes (and Hammers Of Misfortune/Ludicra pals) Slough Feg have signed…   Read Story »

Long-ago dark-synth BTW Cold Cave's "Life Magazine" is no stranger to the advertising realm: Around the holidays Love Comes Close's poppiest moment ended up in a regularly aired Radio Shack spot.…   Read Story »

Name: Cardinal
Progress Report: Prepping their second album, the follow up to 1994’s Cardinal for release in 2011 (they are currently unsigned). Recorded outside Portland and in Cape Cod.
Eric…   Read Story »

Considering the details surrounding Interpol's self-produced self-titled fourth album, their first since 2007's Our Love To Admire, it's safe to assume that in some way or another it was intended to…   Read Story »

Givers are a young quintet from Lafayette, Louisiana, the local openers for Dirty Projectors last year at Chelsea's in Baton Rouge. The Projectors hadn't heard them before that night but were…   Read Story »

Wyclef Jean announced that he was running for president of Haiti at the beginning of the month. Since then a few problems have come up: there are questions about his Haitian residency (you have to…   Read Story »

A few years ago I wrote a positive review of CocoRosie's The Adventures of Ghosthorse And Stillborn. Too positive, it turns out: The publication that assigned it killed the piece at the 11th hour and…   Read Story »

I first saw Buke And Gass last summer at Joe's Pub as part of the Happy Ending Music & Reading Series. They performed some of their songs on a bill where I did a reading about black metal (and,…   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 »

- The Chemical Brothers, Chromeo, YACHT @ Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood 8/29/10 Aug 30th
- Chromeo, Kid Sister @ JellyNYC Pool Party, Williamsburg Waterfront 8/22/10 Aug 23rd
- Brandon Flowers @ The Troubadour, West Hollywood 8/17/10 Aug 18th
- Crystal Castles/Rusko @ Congress Theater, Chicago 8/13/10 Aug 17th
- Øyafestivalen 2010 In Photos Aug 17th
- !!!, Lee Fields, Future Islands, The Strange Boys @ JellyNYC Pool Party, Williamsburg Waterfront 8/15/10 Aug 17th
- Neon Indian, Prefuse 73, DOM, Nite Jewel, Miniature Tigers, Com Truise @ Governors Island, NYC 8/14/10 Aug 17th
- Fol Chen, Crocodiles, Light Pollution, Robotanists @ Echo, Los Angeles 08/16/10 Aug 17th
- Outside Lands 2010 In Photos Aug 16th
- My Morning Jacket @ The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles 8/12/10 Aug 13th



































