The "Festival Issue" of Five Dials magazine includes poetry by Ryan Adams, a short story by Kele Okereke, ruminations by Arcade Fire violinist Sarah Neufeld, and essays by James Murphy, Dean Wareham,…   Read Story »

Virgin Mobile's Festival will be free just like it was last year. And it'll happen September 25th at Maryland's Merriweather Post Pavilion. Sir Richard Branson took a break from para-sailing or…   Read Story »

A lot of times I compare live performances to how that band sounds on their album. At Pitchfork Festival, Saturday was really about how artists worked with the big crowd and the daytime heat (the…   Read Story »

Holy Ghost!'s LCD remix of "Drunk Girls" got a video from the Adult Swim Singles Program and director Daniel Garcia. Garcia, a Portland native, filmed some of his city's crust punks in an epic street…   Read Story »

The next single from James Murphy's Bonnaroo late-night party soundtrack This Is Happening is the synth-pop gone existential love song "I Can Change," available on iTunes next month. The track will…   Read Story »

Grind your teeth to this Soulwax remix of LCD Soundsystem's label-baiting "You Wanted A Hit." You can also file it next to the other This Is Happening reworks and covers we've heard from Kid Cudi,…   Read Story »

We're live tweeting and shooting everything 'Roo at stereogum.com/bonnaroo. Here's the best of Friday...   Read Story »

"Drunk Girls" will very likely be covered by various people in various forms this summer, so let's get the ball rolling: Jim Jarmusch-approved, Moon Duo-related SF psych astronauts Wooden Shjips have…   Read Story »

When evaluating LCD Soundsystem's newest, we said This Is Happening opener “Dance Yrself Clean” gets things going perfectly. It's a great establishing shot, Murphy suggesting you laugh things off…   Read Story »

A ways back we filled you in on LCD Soundsystem’s Vinyl Saturday 12" featuring a cover of “the original Bye Bye Bayou” from M.I.A pal Alan Vega’s eponymous 1980 solo debut. Then you heard…   Read Story »