THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:SPLIT ENZ is mounting a reunion tour down under. They are expected to attract a total crowd bigger than anything the New Zealanders managed in their original 12-year existence,…
Read MoreFirst D.J.: Rise and shine, campers and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today.Second D.J.: It's cold out there every day. What is this, Miami Beach?First D.J.: Not hardly.…
Read MoreJON PRATT (Pate's frontman, for you new visitors) has provided us with an exclusive solo track, “Geologic Time.” It's available — in both .wma and .mp3 formats — in the “Downloads” section…
Read MoreARCTIC MONKEYS: The other night, my Dad asked what the big deal was with this band. Well, the quartet's Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is now the fastest…
Read MoreFor those of you who didn't read along with Amber Taylor's Blog Book Club this month, Blindness is a Nobel Prize-winning novel by Jose Saramago. It chronicles what happens when an epidemic of “white…
Read MoreROBERT POLLARD talks about his solo career, side projects (including one with touring guitarist Tommy Keene), and supporting himself on eBay. As for the touring band, Pollard tells Flagpole that it's “out…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:What's that I'm listening to? It's the new Belle & Sebastian — The Life Pursuit is streaming broadband at SceneStars. It’s a little more groovy than usual.FRIDAY TIMEWASTER: Duck…
Read MoreART BRUT is kicking off their first US tour at SXSW. You can — and should — stream two of the band's best at MySpace. Now. Use the standalone player if you…
Read MoreBROKEN SOCIAL SCENE: Kevin Drew is inteviewed in his bathtub about the pros and cons of the digitial age, sometime-bandmate Leslie Feist (“the hardest working person in show business”), America and the…
Read MoreSCOTT McCAUGHEY: His current supergroup, The Minus 5, has a new album coming on February 7th… and a tour. (After Scott finishes playing a UK tour with with Robyn Hitchcock — and…
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