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Nashville alt-country heroes Lambchop were last seen on late night TV in 2004 when they played Conan (it was their second appearance on that show; in '99 they backed Vic Chestnutt). So Friday night's…   Read Story »
Japandroids' raucous sophomore LP is one of our favorite albums of the year so far, an achievement all the more notable because, as they told us in a recent Progress Report, they basically broke up…   Read Story »
Last month Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel announced his plan to transition to female, having lived with gender dysphoria for much of his life. On Friday, the singer made her live debut as Laura Jane…   Read Story »
The Bravest Man In The Universe, soul legend Bobby Womack's first album of original songs in 18 years, is out next month. It's produced by Damon Albarn and XL's Richard Russell. We've already heard…   Read Story »
Sir Antony (which is what we will all be calling him one day) wrote a song about the coral reef, and how we must make the requisite choices to preserve its beauty OR ELSE, for the film project CORAL…   Read Story »
This week we revealed our 25 favorite albums of 2012 so far, always a controversial topic. But you also found time for some passionate debate about whether I'm allowed to post a Dave Matthews Band…   Read Story »
As revealed by Angus Andrew in a recent Progress Report, Liars are experimenting with some new textural territory, mining more electronic sounds and beats. We got a sense of that on the first single,…   Read Story »
Since we heard the wailing “(There’s Nothing Worse in the World Than A) Crying Girl," a little while ago, nine-member L.A. soul-punk ensemble Jail Weddings has since put out there Four Future…   Read Story »
Daft Punk have supposedly been working on a new album for about the past thousand years, so any indication that they're actually making progress on it is welcome indeed. And this news is cool and…   Read Story »
Last night was Hype Machine's Fast Forward League Night, which was put on by the Hype dudes themselves as well as Consequence Of Sound, Gorilla Vs. Bear, I Guess I'm Floating, Awesome Tapes From…   Read Story »