The current crop of indie rock pinups have had their sartorial sensibilities played with by the New York Times already -- a couple of times! Fashion and buzz bands are highly bloggable bedfellows:…   Read Story »

This past weekend, bill-sharing fellows Reading and Leeds were tasked with distracting a nation still reeling from the death of its Oasis. Their secret weapons were unannounced sets by Them Crooked…   Read Story »

The Mercury-nominated UK quintet managed to make Memory Tapes spookier and Trent Reznor salivate and here they manage create one of the most visually mind-warping non-datamoshing (sorry) videos in…   Read Story »

It was just last week we were telling you about Memory Tapes (aka Memory Cassette, aka Weird Tapes, aka Southern NJ resident Dayve Hawk)'s fully remixed (and downloadable) Calls & Responses EP. Now…   Read Story »

Earlier this morning, British DJ/television presenter Lauren Laverne announced the dozen 2009 Mercury nominees at London's Hospital Club. The prize, of course, is for the UK's album of the year…   Read Story »

Speaking of Alison, her day gig with the Kills wrapped its tour in Hollywood last night, just in time for the Dead Weather to start a trek of their own. Trent Reznor-favorites the Horrors opened the…   Read Story »

Surprise, it wasn't My Bloody Valentine's 15-minute aural assault "You Made Me Realise" that caused Sunday's biggest audio mishap. Organizers cut the speakers during the Cure's "Fire In Cairo" (two…   Read Story »

Go go Gossip girl. Beth Ditto is the first bird to top NME's annual "Cool List." The Brit rag's 2005 countdown placed Alex Turner at #1; the Arctic Monkey's dropped 31 points (the science behind this…   Read Story »

Add The Horrors' singer Faris Badwan to the list of stage men getting extra-friendly with their audience -- but unlike Tweedy and Maclean, the Brit was on the taking end of a drunken punch up at a…   Read Story »

I've been digging the new Horrors video since Pitchfork linked to it last week. It's director Chris Cunningham's first video in seven years! And just when my "Windowlicker" nightmares had ended. Oh…   Read Story »