It's been mentioned in passing, but Weezer fan Bethany Cosentino (NME Cool List No. 4) recently spoke with LA Weekly in more detail about her collaboration with Rivers Cuomo (NME Cool List No. 75).…   Read Story »

This week's most watchable videos include new, color-saturated clips from Flying Lotus, Willow Smith (!), and Kaybelrex, and mesmerizing videos from Soars, Hundred In The Hands, and…   Read Story »

It looks like NME skipped their annual Cool List last year, so this year's Cool List had to be extra cool (there are 25 more slots this time). You'll recognized a number of American names in the top…   Read Story »

One of the more popular members of the Class Of 2010, Best Coast set up shop at a Quinceañera Party and soundtrack a crush in this Taylor Cohen-directed video for "Boyfriend." Crazy For You…   Read Story »

Taco Bell's Feed The Beat program/promotion selects 100 bands to receive $500 in Taco Bell Bucks, to help offset the cost of eating on the road. Or if you're winners Wavves and Best Coast, to help…   Read Story »

This past weekend L.A. hosted the heavily (and according to various reports, perhaps overly) attended Fuck Yeah Festival. Great lineup, though apparently not the most easily navigated festival…   Read Story »

With fall on the horizon, we're escaping a slow summer and shifting into that final, fertile phase of the music year's release cycle. Which makes it a ripe time to get some perspective on the year,…   Read Story »

Bethany Cosentino, the main face from NME's favorite new band of 2010, has put together a mixtape for another UK publication, The Independent. (They should've asked Bobb Bruno to do a metal-themed…   Read Story »

Converse STEPPED IT UP (punstyles) with this year's installment of their commercial/song experiment, bringing a live show component to the campaign. I'm still not entirely clear on how people got in…   Read Story »

When not hanging out in that warm apartment with Kid Cudi and Rostam Batmanglij, Bethany Cosentino (and cohort Bobb Bruno) recorded Crazy For You, a full-length featuring a dozen tracks that work…   Read Story »