If you're a party hopper, today is your day. Well if you allow us to be biased for a minute ... you probably should head to Volume for our party (My Brightest Diamond, Nada Surf, Destroyer, Peter…   Read Story »

So, we're pretty excited. Three days, great bands, free drinks all day, new club on 6th St. (right next door to Emo's). There go all your excuses not to be there. More info? This way... Here's…   Read Story »

Who says blog threads aren't productive? As some of our close readers may have noticed, buried in the lively discussion following the "Rock Is Dead" post, our favorite "Lucky"-covering karaoke singer…   Read Story »

We've noticed a growing trend of icy remixes. Like, when someone gets their hands on someone else's music, they decide to coat it in icicle snares and snowflake synths, maybe some drifting guitar…   Read Story »

Won't be 'til next year, but brace yourself for a project being billed as a joke gone, well, right: Are You Still With Me?!, a tribute to Huey Lewis. Conceived over laughs in '04, the project's…   Read Story »

You know how when you're at the karaoke bar and your one friend that really thinks she can sing grabs the mic and does some Whitney and thinks its gonna sound really good but it really doesn't? Well,…   Read Story »

Our friends at Liberated Matter take over the top floor of Pianos in NYC every Tuesday for Cross Pollination, a show that brings two artists together for solo sets, followed by a third with the…   Read Story »

What makes Stereofave My Brightest Diamond's music perfect for electro-dance treatment? Dark, virtuoso vox and operatic sweep, for starters. Shara summoned thirteen remixers for an album reworking…   Read Story »

Y'all know we heart My Brightest Diamond, so we were naturally drawn to the story of Inlets. Just as Shara has managed to transcend her position in Soof's backing band and make a name for herself as…   Read Story »

We bristle at Jeff Buckley comparisons as much as the next Grace obsessed super fan, but Shara Worden's debut full length as My Brightest Diamond employs strings, dark dramatics, and full-blown arias…   Read Story »