The Belle & Sebastian-curated ATP Bowlie 2 took place earlier this week (December 10-12) at Butlins Holiday Centre, Minehead. (In 1999 B&S curated The Bowlie Weekender, which ultimately…   Read Story »

Just like last week, here are this week's attention-worthy videos. New ones from Serena-Maneesh, Antony and the Johnsons, Gatekeeper, Gordon Voidwell, James Blake, Kid Cudi, Mark Ronson, Torche, and…   Read Story »

Adam Bizanski, who's also directed videos for the Shins and Wolf Parade, etc., put together this clip for Foals' "2 Trees" starring Singalong Paul. He explained Paul to us: "It's basically a gloomy…   Read Story »

UK 2step dude Deadboy delivers this remix masterclass on the patient build and minute-marker usage: at 1:00 the clacking beat drops, at 2:00 the syncopated clicks, at 3 the ticks are subbed for…   Read Story »

True to their name, Oxford five-piece Foals are still young -- frontman Yannis Philippakis is just 23 -- so growth is is to be expected, in one way or another. But they've shifted up quite a bit from…   Read Story »

When we posted "The More That I Do," the lead track from Swedish minimal techno whiz Axel Willner, aka The Field, the comments focused on (a) how beautiful it is and (b) that is makes use of the…   Read Story »

Don't think Beijing, it's more like the Gods and the recreation of culture, here. There's so much going on in this video for Foals' "Olympic Airways" -- people sitting in fields with black balloons,…   Read Story »

By Scott Lapatine & Amrit Singh Saturday was mostly just your standard, hot, sold out, music-filled day at Lolla. Until Rage. Wilco were great and photogenic   Read Story »

For all the grief we're ScarJo's Waits remake is getting, we don't blame the producer: Dave Sitek did his best to offset her vocals with that Siteky sonic grandiosity. Unfortunately for him, though,…   Read Story »

We mentioned Sub Pop's 20th Anniversary a ways back -- well, it's officially time to party (especially if you live in the Pacific Northwest). The rumors have been circling the web, and now we have…   Read Story »