THE ROSEBUDS left Jasmine instructions to work up a cover song for the band. The resulting take on Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It" is a little too true to the original for my taste,…
Read MoreRYAN ADAMS plays "Like Yesterday" on his webcam and turns it into an ad for a fictional album, then uploads it to the Tube. Because he's Ryan Adams. R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe was excused…
Read MoreMGMT, a buzz band from Brooklyn, divides the hipper-than-thou hipster boho community, but they wore some bitchin' capes on Letterman, so you can watch "Time to Pretend" and make up your own…
Read MoreTHE POLYPHONIC SPREE is premiering the video for "We Crawl" — which involved acclaimed indie film maker Dante Harper issuing cameras and loose instructions all 23 members of the band — at JamBase,…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE BEATLES! In 1965-66, at Twickenham Film Studios, The Beatles videotaped a series of B&W promos, all produced by a British company, Intertel. These videos were meant to be aired on…
Read MoreNICK CAVE and the BAD SEEDS have posted the video for "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!" And we can dig it! SHE & HIM: Actress-singer Zooey Deschanel talked about her upcoming album with M. Ward…
Read MoreVAMPIRE WEEKEND: The first single from their upcoming debut, "A-Punk," is a little bit world beat, a little bit Feelies. DESTROYER frontman Dan Bejar talks to Billboard about the Trouble In Dreams album,…
Read MoreEDDIE VEDDER: "Guaranteed" is the folksy second single from his soundtrack for Into The Wild. NEW RELEASES? Not really for the indie crowd. Radiohead and Interpol are still streaming in full via…
Read MoreTHE FIERY FURNACES have a new video, for "Duplexes of the Dead." Yeah, the screencap is a bit of a giveaway. MAGNETIC FIELDS: Stephen Merritt talks to both Drowned In Sound and…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with RADIOHEAD! Here's your chance to watch "Scotch Mist" — the band's New Year's Eve webcast, icymi. Or you can watch individual songs. Your tracklist includes "Weird…
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