THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS have a colorful new video for "Challengers," the title track of their new LP. NEIL YOUNG is previewing new songs on his YouTube channel. CAT POWER has settled on…
Read MoreVAN HALEN: Driving home from the first show in the reformulated ("Three parts original, one part inevitable," to quote David Lee Roth) band's two-night stand in Chicago, I caught audio froma press…
Read MoreTHE FIERY FURNACES: Matthew Friedberger says the subject matter of the Widow City album is feminine, but the music is "often the masculine part of the song." (Thanks LHB.) Part of the…
Read MoreTHE DECEMBERISTS were on this weekend's edition of Austin City Limits. Laura Veirs joined them for "Yankee Bayonet." There's another clip and an interview in glorious Quicktime at the ACL site. SPOON…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with THE SEVEN AGES of ROCK: BRITISH INDIE! This documentary from the BBC traces a Manchester-centric line from the first appearance of The Smiths of the UK's…
Read MoreMEAT PUPPETS: Both Curt and Cris Kirkwood talk to The A.V. Club about the past and present. At the moment, there's new and old to stream via the ol' HM. BONUS: Curt…
Read MoreARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI brings in a pyro expert to spice up the video for the funky "Debbie." OF MONTREAL stopped by the current for a chat and mini-set, inclding a new song…
Read MoreARCADE FIRE venture again into the crowd after a concert, this time to cover "Kiss Off" by the Violent Femmes. BTW, did you check out their new interactive video site? NEW RELEASES: Jens…
Read MoreSIMON & GARFUNKEL, like Christopher Columbus and the cast of Easy Rider, look for "America." JOHNNY ROTTEN, on the 30th anniversary reissue of "God Save The Queen," tells London's Sun that Her…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE LEMONHEADS! Evan Dando's songbook has always struck me as autmnal, though not all of it really is. For example, a very young Dando released his take…
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