The Black Keys’ live DVD is out now, and their fifth LP Attack & Release mixes nicely into a set spanning their whole career. Directed and produced by Lance Bangs (R.E.M.’s Road Movie), Live at the Crystal Ballroom was recorded on April 4, 2008 at the historic Portland venue. In addition to the 17-song set [...]

Vivian Girls aren’t trying to out-do Of Montreal’s Skeletal Lamping Collection, but have similarly packed a whole bunch extra along with their newest 7″ entitled Surfs Up!. The rightly-called “Fun Pack” comes with two original songs, a cover of the Beach Boys’ “Girl Don’t Tell Me”, a t-shirt, two postcards, and best of all, a [...]

At a recent New Pornographers gig in Sydney, Australia, the fellows over at Moshcam decided to record the entire show and are now currently streaming it for free. The show is amazing and contains a special cover of ELO’s “Don’t Bring Me Down”. You can view the entire concert here, along with an extensive archive [...]

The Prodigy is back after a four year hiatus and for the first time since 1997, it’s a full lineup! Invaders Must Die is out March 2 and finds Dave Grohl on drums for a song and James Rushent of Does It Offend You, Yeah? as co-producer the title track. The band described the album [...]

NME, in order to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the formation of The Strokes, put the band on the cover of their weekly magazine and put all sorts of goodies on their website over the weekend. I’m not really sure that the 10th anniversary of a formation constitutes a magazine cover, but at least we [...]

This video was my first listen to Final Fantasy, the solo project of Polaris Prize winner Owen Pallett, and wow, what a unique sound. “Blue Imelda” begins with birds chirping and an adventurous buildup leads to a very Animal Collective-esque percussion rhythm that anchors the track. The brass orchestra chimes in later and adds confidence [...]

It’s not like Kings of Leon are only popular because of The Strokes. If The Strokes had never existed, Kings of Leon would be famous in their own right. Whatever your stance is on whether or not The Strokes single-handedly introduced garage rock to the iPod generation, Kings of Leon, along with bands like Arctic [...]

The duo’s third album Electric Arguments is the first with vocals, and in this interview they discuss their musical process for making songs, how some songs came about.. mostly album related things. Electric Arguments sounds like an assortment of variously-produced songs, moving from slower folk-inspired ballads to rock & roll to thumping electronic beats within [...]

To begin with, let it be known that The Smashing Pumpkins’ 20th Anniversary Tour is not really, at all, an anniversary tour. The band was split up for more than 7 of the 20 years and James Iha and D’arcy Wretzky announced a while back that they wouldn’t take part in it. Zeitgeist was below [...]

The first single off of Little Joy’s debut album is “The Next Time Around”. The album was released on November 4th via Rough Trade Records. You can listen to a few of the songs on the band’s myspace. The video for the single has band members Binki Shapiro, Rodrigo Amarante, and Fabrizio Moretti playing acoustic, [...]