Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience, was found dead in his hotel room in Portland early this morning, supposedly of natural causes. The 61 year-old was the last member of the band to pass away: Noel Redding in 2003, and Hendrix of course in 1970. The British-born drummer was famous for the [...]

The Deftones have been keeping everyone up to date on Chi Cheng’s status following the induced coma from last week’s car crash. Doctors report that Chi is in stable condition and responding well to treatment. “Chi was able to hear and respond to his father’s request to move his lower lip. His father also administered [...]

Alden Penner, formerly of The Unicorns, and Brendan Reed, formerly of Arcade Fire, have joined together along with a few other Montreal-based musicians to form Clues. The band was formed last year and they have been playing a few concerts here and there. According to the band’s website Villa Villa Nola, “Clues [has] fully regrouped, [...]

Arctic Monkey’s drummer Matt Helders, in a recent interview with Gaurdian, revealed that the boys are taking their time creating their follow-up to Favourite Worst Nightmare. Homme said that the record could be finished by the end of the November, but the band did not want to put any arbitrary time limitations on the unique [...]

Ever heard of a band called Hockey Night (pictured to the left)? Probably not, as the Minneapolis indie rockers only enjoyed less than moderate success while they were still together. But that’s soon to change if you’re an LCD Soundsystem fan. James Murphy and drummer Pat Mahoney have teamed up with singer/songwriter Paul Sprangers and [...]

MGMT hit real big with Oracular Spectacular, and rightly so. The album never seem to get old and this performance on Spinner’s “The Interface” is proof. Watch MGMT: “Pieces Of What” (Live on Spinner) As we told you back in July, MGMT plans to start recording their next album in January, hopefully in time for [...]

Deftones’ bassist Chi Cheng was involved in an automobile accident late Monday night in Santa Clara, and is currently in a “serious but stable condition” in a San Jose hospital according to singer Chino Moreno via the band’s blog. “…I am on my way up North right now to be by his side along with [...]

In celebration of Barack Obama’s win yesterday, here’s a new Q-Tip track with the 44th president taking care of the intro (via sample of course). The original original version is on The just-out Renaissance, but give yourself an upgrade: Download/Stream: Q-Tip: “Shaka” (ft. Barack Obama) Stream: Q-Tip: “Shaka” (Original Version)

Lupe Fiasco’s third and alleged final LP will be a three disc set collectively entitled LupE.N.D., consisting of Everywhere, Nowhere, and Down Here. And if the rumors are true, over 50 tracks exist between the three. Below is a video of his concert Halloween night at the Congress Theater in Chicago. After his dragged-out LupE.N.D. [...]

If you streamed the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival, you might have seen the happily insane Les Savy Fav singer Tim Harrington doing his thing, but what “doing his thing” is depends on the day. If you were lucky enough to make it to Union Park in Chicago this summer, he was giving $2 haircuts and [...]