"Bizness," the excellent first single from tUnE-yArDs' w h o k i l l, now has an excellent, colorful video. It starts out in a classroom filled with children wearing Merrill Garbus's face paint and…   Read Story »

Click on for some thoughts and sights from a very busy Friday in Austin. Tonight's the last night here, so if you need some guidance please refer to our list of must-see bands, or our favorite…   Read Story »

We've offered our suggestions as to what bands to see this week, now we shift into the bands we are actually seeing. SXSW has begun in earnest, and is earnestly crowded. We'll try to cut through the…   Read Story »

The March edition of our Monthly Mix series runs the gamut from South London mixtape hip-hop, to lady-baiting R&B, pop, to lady-fronted arpeggiated-vocal ukulele/sax funk. Or at least it runs that…   Read Story »

Michael Azerrad's Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From The American Indie Underground 1981-1991 is a great book, an essential read for folks who were there from the beginning, came in a little…   Read Story »

NAME: tUnE-yArDs PROGRESS REPORT: Quirky Canadian ex-pat Merrill Garbus set to release w h o k i l l, her sonically expansive sophomore LP. Merrill Garbus is really fun to talk to, which somehow…   Read Story »

BTW tUnE-YaRdS' "Bizness" should have gotten you excited for Merrill Garbus's follow-up to BiRd-BrAiNs. You'll find another reason in this video of Garbus playing "Doorstep" live in Paris for French…   Read Story »

If this is the last, or even only, piece of new music you hear all work week, you in fact had a good music work week. 2009 BTW tUnE-yArDs' anticipated w h o k i l l LP is imminent, "Bizness" its lead…   Read Story »

Yoko Ono brought the Plastic Ono Band to L.A.'s Orpheum Theatre this weekend, playing two nights with guests Sonic Youth, Iggy Pop, RZA, Perry Ferrell, tUnE-yArDs, and Lady Gaga. Gaga did "The Sun Is…   Read Story »

One of BTW tUnE-yArDs' triumphant BiRd-BrAiNs songs "Fiya" creates a loping vocal crescendo in this spot for the BlackBerry Torch. Big question: Are we supposed to think DJ Cassidy, the dude with the…   Read Story »