Sebastian Grainger, former drummer and lead singer of Canada’s sadly defunct Death From Above 1979, has a new band called Sebastian Grainger & The Mountains. The quartet’s myspace page has three “working mixes” posted, and they sound very, very promising, despite being a far cry from DFA1979’s glorious pummeling bass/drums attack. From the default profile […]

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I love The Knife. Makes me want to go skateboarding. (via)

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I’ve been watching the 7 Ages of Rock on VH-1 Classic, which has been decent, if a bit thin in its scope (the American Alternative section studied Nirvana and R.E.M. with only a perfunctory acknowledgment of anything else). During the British Indie section, The Stone Roses were given wild accolades, which I will cede on […]

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According The Slut, Jens Lekman is coming back! Better buy your tix now, as these shows are sure to sell out. 3-13 Austin, TX – Mohawk 3-14 Dallas, TX – Granada 3-21 Los Angeles, CA – Henry Fonda 3-22 San Fran, CA – Bimbo’s 365 3-23 San Fran, CA – Bottom Of The Hill 3-24 […]

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Evidently, Britney Spears spoke with a British accent during her traumatic stay at Ceders Sinai last weekend, according to ETonline. What’s the big deal? Madonna has been doing this for years:

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The Guardian conducts an all-too-brief interview with Echo & The Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch, who has only slightly tamed his once-notoriously bloated ego. His quotations have always been golden, bordering on parody:  Are you fashionable?I am fashion. Right. But I am with him 100% here: What’s the greatest threat to music today?People thinking that songs […]

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