Eleven years have passed since the Faint released Danse Macabre. With a deluxe remastered edition released today, the Faint have been traversing the country, playing the whole album in its entirety…   Read Story »

10 years ago, Omaha synth-punks the Faint played one of the greatest live shows I've ever seen -- a dark and physical assault that brought dark glamor and basement-hardcore energy in equal doses.…   Read Story »

Ever since I was old enough to complain, my dad took great pleasure in the act of dragging my always-resistant ass to music festivals. A summer full of glorious music for him meant a summer full of…   Read Story »

Judging a band by its moniker, Depressed Buttons is an emo Fuck Buttons. Judging a band by its members, it's the new project of the Faint's Todd Fink, Clark Baechle, and Jacob Thiele, so there you…   Read Story »

For its official single, the Faint's Todd Fink and Jacob Thiele, aka Depressed Buttons, put a dark dance spin on Skeletal Lamping's "Our Elegant Caste." Listen at Nashville Nights. Or take it both…   Read Story »

When we posted about "The Geeks Were Right," we decided the geeks were probably wrong about everything except sci-fi clichés and plodding pre-programmed beats. Now there's a neon band-directed video…   Read Story »

The Faint's fifth full-length Fasciinatiion is out 8/5 on new imprint blank.wav. You can stream lead track "The Geeks Were Right" at their MySpace (via P4K). Listening, it's unclear what the geeks…   Read Story »