This fall, the 5th annual Decibel festival with take place in Seattle, WA, to the delight of techno fans the world over. Always hot on the electronic music tip, Ghostly International have announced the line up of their September 27th Decibel showcase over at their RCRD LBL blog. Tycho, Deru, Lusine and The Sight […]

Real stories of classic southern hip hop: Toni Hickman (aka Slim Goodie) and her rhyming partner drove to NYC from New Orleans in the mid ‘90s looking for a deal. Toni lived homeless for three months, taking every meeting she could, but eventually returned to New Orleans empty handed. Still, word of her skills got […]

Our pals over at the Music Slut have gotten a hold of a rare Foals track entitled “Brazil is Here” as part of the blog’s daily “The World of B-Sides and Rarities” feature. We’re big fans of the band ourselves, and we were even right next to the Sluts at the Union Hall show they […]

In case you missed it, Gorilla vs Bear has footage from Grizzly Bear’s wonderful performance on The Late Show with David Letterman earlier this week, where they performed their new song “Two Weeks”. Gosh, we remember when Grizzly Bear were just buying guitar straps and hanging out at Brooklyn jazz club Zebulon. How times change…
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You either love Prefab Sprout or you hate them–there’s really no middle ground when it comes to their particular brand of Top 40 ’80s Britpop. There’s something super cheesy about it but for some reason that’s also their charm. Which other band would dare have dancing hot dogs in their video? Its kind of a […]

While you were waiting in line for an iPhone, the exciting world of non-Apple PMPs got rocked today. Say hello to the Journey-themed ZVUE MP3 player, for the Journey fan that needs more than Arnel to be satisfied. 11 new songs, 11 re-recorded classics, 1GB for the rest of your Journey MP3s. In sadder news, […]

Leslie Feist seems so innocent. But just look at that face. Don’t be fooled by the sweet and gentle voice behind the only album you and your partner can agree on during bedroom time. She is a diabolical marketing genius, with a targeted demographic assault that has systematically dominated every niche in the market. (Play […]

When we first heard Stereogum Presents… alum Oxford Collapse’s first single from Bits, “The Birthday Wars,” we deemed it the Brooklyn band’s best single since “Please Visit Your National Parks,” and a “quick, noisy pop clutter that might remind you of Sub Pop label mates No Age, if it weren’t for the multi-person harmonies.” The […]

If you’ve seen two Fiery Furnaces concerts, odds are one left you totally blown away, and the other left you totally confused. The Friedbergers do not play the same show twice — not in song choice, and definitely not in song arrangement, each show bringing de novo interpretations of tunes’ structure, time signature, composition, etc. […]

Music festivals are really conducive for lots of things. Actually seeing music is often not one of them. That’s particularly an occupational hazard of festival reporting, though; photo pits are hot messes of sweat and elbows, and 15 minutes from a band’s first song, you need to be on the other side of the park […]