If you're reading this, it's likely you're familiar with When We Were Young, the Las Vegas festival happening over three days in October with My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Avril Lavigne, Bright Eyes, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, Taking Back Sunday,… Read More
Summer of Soul director, Roots drummer, and all-around creative visionary Questlove (Ahmir Thompson) is set to executive produce a J Dilla documentary, Dilla Time, which is based on Dan Charnas' book of the same name. It was co-directed by Joseph… Read More
Big Star's debut album, #1 Record, turned 50 this year, and to celebrate, drummer Jody Stephens will be joined by an all-star band to play it in full on a short tour later this fall. The band includes Chris Stamey… Read More
The Lightning Seeds, the nom-de-pop of producer and songwriter Ian Broudie, will be back with See You in the Stars on October 14 via BMG. It's their first album since 2009's Four Winds and Broaudie says of it, “I always… Read More
Lil Nas X began his first-ever tour, the "Long Live Montero" tour, earlier this month, and on Wednesday night (9/21) he wrapped up a pair of NYC shows headlining Radio City Music Hall. Attendees of the shows were greeted with… Read More
Alvvays' anticipated album Blue Rev is coming on October 7 (pre-order on blue marble vinyl) and the band have just shared two more songs from it, both with music videos they co-directed. "Very Online Guy" is a more experimental synth-pop track, dotted with… Read More
For a band where drone and repetition have always been essential elements, Stereolab evolved at a rapid pace in their first decade, going from one-and-two chord analog synth jams to a complex sound that incorporated tropicalia, jazz, dance music and… Read More
Philadelphia indie-punks Remember Sports have announced a new EP, to be released tomorrow via Father/Daughter and Big Scary Monsters. The Leap Day EP is a followup to last year's Like A Stone, which was one of our favorite punk albums… Read More
"Thank you for coming to this show…we know there are loads of other shit English bands to see this week." Geoff Barrow and the rest of Beak> (bassist Billy Fuller and keyboardist/guitarist Will Young) seem to to understand all too well… Read More
Broken Social Scene have surprise-released a live album, Live At The Phoenix Concert Theatre, 2003. The set was one of three they played in their hometown of Toronto following an extensive tour supporting their sophomore album You Forgot It In… Read More