Over the weekend, Kanye West played back-to-back solo gigs at Revel's 5500-seat Ovation Hall in Atlantic City, his first solo shows since 2011. The show -- which consisted of about 30 songs -- was…   Read Story »

Stereogum40 alum Action Bronson kicks off his 2012 with "Contemporary Man," which samples a few '80s radio hits that you just might know. Spoiler alert: SU SU SUDIO! Scott to Gummix. REPEAT: Scott to…   Read Story »

Last month Death Cab For Cutie returned to the spotlight with "You Are A Tourist," the great first single and video from their forthcoming Codes And Keys. A sunny addition to our spring playlist, it…   Read Story »

Phil Collins definitely remembers the Alamo (he collects Alamo memorabilia, is authoring a historical book on it), but it doesn't seem like folks remember that interview he did about six months ago…   Read Story »

Once upon a time that thing that's pictured up there happened. It was not really one of the The Worst Super Bowl Halftime Performances. But it does mark a turning point after which Super Bowl…   Read Story »

Norwegian TV show Lydverket did an interview with Phil Collins, prefaced by interview clips with Neon Indian's Alan Palomo, Sleigh Bells' Derek Miller, and Yeasayer's Anand Wilder talking about their…   Read Story »

This being an indie rock/Kanye/black metal blog, there hasn't been much to report about Phil Collins in the eight years since his last studio album Testify, a critical and commercial dud. I missed…   Read Story »

Comedian Joe Mande and our own Scott Lapatine sat down with Ben Gibbard to have a quick talk before our Range Life party got underway. Aside from thinking they were gonna have a chat with Beth…   Read Story »

The second installment of Guilt By Association comes out in February. In case you don't remember Vol. 1, the compilation featured contemporary indie bands covering so-called "guilty pleasures." Of…   Read Story »

On Saturday night, Sufjan Stevens returned to the site of his BQE suite -- the Brooklyn Academy of Music -- for the latest installment in the BAM Takeover series. Suf was listed only as event…   Read Story »