Fresh off collaborations with both The Raconteurs and Timbaland, Sweden’s The Hives have the bug again, partnering up this time with another unlikely producer. The band met Pharrell Williams in Japan a while back, wherein Williams suggested getting together for something “bass guitar-based.” They recorded together in Miami, and Howlin Pelle promises that “some of […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/fQ5JiOeZwpc” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Brighton’s The Maccabees are a British band worthy of the hype. Their off-kilter pop is a tight-lipped amalgamation of Blur, Wire, and XTC , which uncoils a controlled urgency with staccato melodies that don’t take too many listens to sink in. The band’s debut, Colour It In, comes out […]

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Though it’s no competition for Fiona Apple’s second record, When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He’ll Win the Whole Thing ‘Fore He Enters the Ring There’s No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So […]

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Ryan Adams won’t be strapping on his guitar for a few weeks following a skateboarding accident, which resulted in a torn ligament. His website promises this is “NOT anywhere near as bad as the Liverpool accident from a few years back, though…Ryan expects to be playing guitar again soon.” At what age does one stop […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/y7AgpaeTaVw” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] With Battles‘ debut full-length, Mirrored, a matter of days away from release (May 22), Warp Records has put together a promotional video, and it hilariously pieces together the disparate styles and personalities of all four members. Ex-Don Caballero guitarist Ian Williams is particularly amusing (dressed in a pink button […]

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Granted, not everyone at a Tool show is your typical metal meathead. To be fair, Tool tends to attract a slightly smarter brand of metal fan, but just statistically with the wide net that Tool casts there will undoubtedly be a high percentage of rednecks that will sit bewildered and flummoxed by Melt Banana’s frantic, […]

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Billboard recently spoke with Cursive leader Tim Kasher about the odd billing of his band with an alt-metal tour: “I questioned it at first and was kind of intimidated,” Kasher tells Billboard.com. “Like, why would we play a metal show? But I kind of like the idea of where they’re going with it. I met […]

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