According to NME, Kings Of Leon are one of the bands making America cool again, but "Sex On Fire," the first single off the Followill boys's forthcoming fourth album Only By the Night, is all about…   Read Story »

The Followill clan's stopped having sex with models long enough to record a new album, titled Only By The Night. The fuzz-bassy first track's up and ready for download at their site for the price of…   Read Story »

As revealed yesterday, the inaugural APW Festival -- AKA Jersey Coachella -- will indeed feature two nights of Radiohead. And one of Jack Johnson, which we predicted. (JJ's also playing Coachella and…   Read Story »

For the rock fan that has everything and is looking for new and exciting ways to piss his/her money away, we direct you to Christie's auction house in NYC where you can play your part in a story…   Read Story »

The circumstances surrounding this one are a little murky, but here's what we gather: At some point, someone in camp Leon commissioned a remix album for Because Of The Times, and Kenna (along with…   Read Story »

Sometimes you have great intentions of diligence and punctuality, and sometimes your airline decides to be late, sloppy, and in love with sitting on the runway. The terra blue chips and…   Read Story »

This year's 'Roo is Saturday heavy -- today we get Franz, Hold Steady, Regina, Dr. Dog, and a band called Police your parents loved -- but the tame opening day brought some stuff worth writing home…   Read Story »

Superlatives get tired quick, but here goes ... Saturday may have been the greatest single day festival experience we've had yet. Staving off the 106º temps and sun with a mix of sunscreen and…   Read Story »

As promised, here's our last photo roundup of the shows we hit and folks we pestered on the streets of Austin during this year's South By Southwest music festival. All in all we had a great time, saw…   Read Story »

Despite the excellent lineups all over town, our daylight hours on Friday had been spoken for well before we made the trek to SouthBy (and particularly after spending Thursday systematically missing…   Read Story »