Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I realize I am putting this out really late. I always put this off until winter break, thinking I’ll have tons of time to listen to the albums, but always underestimate how much I actually need to listen to. But honestly, that isn’t a bad thing. I think we are living in a time where [...]

The user ByteMe on rateyourmusic.com has compiled a list of band name origins. It’s far from comprehensive but it covers a wide spectrum of bands, new and old, so you’re sure to find a bunch that you know. And hey, maybe you’ll be turned on to some just based on how they got their name!

A bunch of big names are slated to play the second All Points West Music & Arts Festival in New Jersey the last weekend in July. Lineup is below.
Tickets go on sale this Friday (4/4) at noon via Ticketmaster. They are $89 for a single day ticket and $199 for a three-day pass.
A new addition [...]

Change has come in the YYY world. Nick Zinner subdues his punk-pop guitar licks to accommodate the band’s (temporary, I think) new synthesizer fad. “Zero” is a perfect example of the new sound: it rocks pretty hard, but in a much different way than Fever To Tell and Show Your Bones did. Besides the heavy [...]

I can guarantee one thing: Sasquatch will not pull a Langerado.
A handful of big names overlap with Bonnaroo, but that’s not a bad thing considering how far apart they are from each other: Sasquatch is in Washington state and Bonnaroo (lineup) is in Tennessee. Both still have more artists to add, but already it seems [...]

The king of summer festivals is back on the beautiful 700-acre Manchester farm in June (11th-14th), and the announcement of (some of) the performers came this morning.
The lineup is packed full of big names and great accompanying artists. Metallica and Kanye are gone this year (YES!), and Phish is bringing back Bonnaroo as a jam [...]

After some delay, the lineup for the huge spring Cali festival is up.

Tickets are on sale at coachella.com: 3-day passes are $270, 1-day passes are $100.

Time is winding down until Christmas, and it’s about time we post something holiday related. I thought this was just going to be another cover, but it’s original and actually one of the better Christmas songs I’ve heard recently.
The YYYs haven’t come out and said it themselves, but everyone assumes them to be working on [...]

Supergroup news is always interesting news, and this time it’s movement in the indie scene.
Here is your line-up:

Brian Chase, drummer for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Colin Stetson, touring saxophonist for the Arcade Fire
Stuart Bogie, tenor saxophonist for Antibalas
Jordan McLean, trumpeter for Antibalas
Jeremiah Lockwood, guitarist for Balkan Beat Box

Already wondering what they’ll sound like? Download their first [...]