Kurt Vile and The Soft Pack co-headline North American tour; how will we know who to derisively ignore?? By Liz Louche · August 19, 2010
Kid Koala sunders depths of hell with insane scratches to summon Mike Patton and Jon Spencer for service on new Slew record By Mike McHugh · August 19, 2010
RIAA and NAB mull peace treaty, ask Congress to put FM radios into cell phones. But why stop at cell phones?? By Ze Pequeno · August 18, 2010
Animal Collective, Girls, and Sleigh Bells featured on soundtrack to Spike Jonze’s short film I’m Here; Bob Dylan woefully lacking By Erika H · August 18, 2010
Sleigh Bells set to open for LCD Soundsystem this fall; this week’s TOUR OF THE YEAR By Annapocalypse · August 18, 2010
Ganglians play dates with Jenny and Johnny, flaunt their way cooler name all over the place By E. Nagurney · August 18, 2010
New sitcom idea: Gogol Bordello tour U.S. with an endearingly xenophobic and lovably incompetent FBI tail By Dan Smart · August 18, 2010
Future Islands announce new EP and European tour, so it looks like I won’t be shutting up about Future Islands anytime soon By E. Nagurney · August 17, 2010
Beirut side project Soft Landing announce new record on Ba Da Bing for October By Liz Louche · August 17, 2010
Bruise Cruise music fest sets sail with The Black Lips, Vivian Girls, Oh Sees: Can hipsters make anything cool? By Kid Midnight · August 17, 2010
Insound announces “10 for 10” design series featuring ALL THE HOTTEST ACTS IN INDIE ROCK! By Annapocalypse · August 17, 2010
Ducktails half-remembers recording a new LP filtered through a distorted lens that re-envisions the 80s in a more vague and lo-fi sense By Harold Shueberg · August 17, 2010
Deathbomb Arc Digital Singles Club starts in September – mingle online with other singles… musically By Erika H · August 16, 2010
John Darnielle signs to Merge as The Mountain Goats and The Extra Lens; celebrates with grits, tobacco, and other stereotypes from NC By Erika H · August 16, 2010
2 Thurston Moore collaborates with Bernie Sanders campaign on new song, offers free vinyl to campaign contributors
5 Rudy Stone announces new album “The Blinking Light/Peace on Earth,” premieres video for album track “Rudy’s Dream”
2 John Peel’s record collection soon to be made available online as virtual museum… those poor BBC interns
5 Thurston Moore collaborates with Bernie Sanders campaign on new song, offers free vinyl to campaign contributors