THE MAGIC NUMBERS sound a bit laid back on "Undecided," the title track from an EP due this September. BOB DYLAN at NEWPORT:  Heather Browne is streaming another memorble moment in rock…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with DANNY & DUSTY!  Among americana aficionados, 1985's The Lost Weekend is one of those classic under-the-radar epistles of twang.  In the original days of Pate, the album was…

TEGAN & SARA play for balaclava-bedecked crowd in the video for "Back In Your Head," from The Con LP. JOHN VANDERSLICE drops his live video for "White Dove" at GvsB as the…

THE WHITE RABBITS have been getting enough blog buzz that I should have blurbed them before they got to play "The Plot" on The Late Show with Dave.  This Brooklyn-by-way-of-Missouri sextet has…

LINDSAY LOHAN was popped early this morning for possession of cocaine, driving under the influence, transporting a narcotic into a custodial facility and driving on a suspended license  — her second bust in…

JOHN VANDERSLICE is giving live-in-studio videos from his new album to his fave music blogs, starting with "Kookaburra" at Stereogum. NEW RELEASES:  John Vanderslice, Tegan & Sara, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more are streaming…

RICHARD HAWLEY has a new video for the surprisingly upbeat "Tonight the Streets are Ours," from his upcoming LP.  Isn't that Amazing!  Now how much would you pay?  But wait, there's more……

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with SLY & THE FAMILY STONE!  The mileage shows, but Sly exceeded my expectations in clips from the North Sea Jazz Festival, just last week.  He is finally…

THE DECEMBERISTS are doing a mini-tour. playing with local orchestras.  Frontman Colin Meloy talks about it and various other topics with the Baltimore Sun, the Phialdelphia Inquirer, and the Chicago Tribune-affliliated Metromix.  I…

PITCHFORK FEST THREEDUX:  Sadly, there's still no official video, but P-Fork has three days worth of pics and interviews posted.  Plus, there's bootleg video of The New Pornographers opening their set with…