Cat Martino, the singer-songwriter and former Sufjan Stevens band member, is the latest participant in "Shaking Through," a video series that documents musicians who are presented with the challenge…   Read Story »

There aren't too many certainties in life, but here's one: If you're a rich, famous, globetrotting superstar DJ and you piss out of your mouth in your music video, that video will end up at the top…   Read Story »

In the adorably awesome video for Man Man's "Pirhanas Club," a little kid responds to the beer-throwing dipshits in his neighborhood by taking inspiration from the great John Waters movie Cry-Baby…   Read Story »

This past weekend, NYC presented a number of only-in-NYC type concerts to help locals feel like they did some unique shit before the summer was over. For me, that meant seeing Lemonade, Reggie Watts,…   Read Story »

Mister Heavenly, the side-project of Islands' Nick Thorburn, Man Man's Honus Honus, and Modest Mouse's Joe Plummer, release their debut Out Of Love next month via Sub Pop. Here's the stomping opening…   Read Story »

Eminem closed Bonnaroo's 3rd day, which had kicked off with hip-hop heavy hitters Lil Wayne and Big Boi in the early hours and also hosted Wiz Khalifa in the late afternoon. Buffalo Springfield's…   Read Story »

We brought you a Progress Report on Man Man's fourth full-length, Life Fantastic, and we also presented the title track a few weeks back. This album's an exciting change for the band for all the…   Read Story »

In the Man Man Progress Report I described the sprawling elegance of the title track to their upcoming album Life Fantastic, and frontman Ryan Kattner mentioned the song's "...40-second Steve Vai…   Read Story »

NAME: Man Man PROGRESS REPORT: Completed work on the Mike Mogis produced Life Fantastic, due out 5/10. I’ve kept up with Man Man for a while now, interviewing them for Pitchfork, CMJ, and…   Read Story »

You got some sense of what Mister Heavenly sounds like when video of the band performing with temporary bassist Michael Cera surfaced in December. But these two samples, from their upcoming debut…   Read Story »