Chronicling indie-rock in-fights since 2002.
Billy Corgan had some words for Radiohead and their "pomposity" in a recent interview. Here's Billy: I can’t think of any people outside of Weird Al Yankovic who have both embraced and pissed on…   Read Story »
Last week, we posted the video for "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," the Erykah Badu collaboration from the Flaming Lips' collaborative album The Flaming Lips And Heavy Fwends. The video, which…   Read Story »
Hot 97's annual Summer Jam concert, which went down last night in New Jersey, is an annual mega-circus and a highlight of the year if you're a particular sort of rap fan in the greater New York area.…   Read Story »
The best stories are the multi-layered ones that a writer can approach from many angles without diluting the core appeal of the item. For instance, why does oil magnate/Mr. Burns-ian Oklahoma State…   Read Story »
Last week, Clipse rapper Pusha T released "Exodus 23:1," a dis track that sure seemed to be aimed at Drake. The song didn't name names, but Lil Wayne noticed and promptly released the return shot…   Read Story »
Last week, Clipse figurehead Pusha T issued "Exodus 23:1," a track which heavily references Biggie's "What's Beef" and targets -- though not by name -- Drake. His label boss Lil Wayne responded,…   Read Story »
Flying Lotus and Beach House both make supremely chill, critically acclaimed music. Both have probably soundtracked a whole lot of drug experiences. Also, FlyLo once remixed Gucci Mane, and Beach…   Read Story »
In a recent piece for Interview Magazine, Jack White complained about the Guinness Book Of World Records deliberately avoiding the inclusion of the White Stripes, something we chronicled in…   Read Story »
In this month's Interview Magazine, Buzz Aldrin (interesting pairings are kind of their M.O.) and Dimitri Ehrlich interviewed Jack White, and it appears White has a few bones to pick with Guinness…   Read Story »
It may sound like something you might dig up on an early-'00s retro cocktail-lounge trip-hop compilation, but Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" is still one of the more compulsively listenable…   Read Story »