It was recently brought to my attention that the site was looking a bit goofy for folks using the newest version of IE (I believe it’s version 8). I use Firefox so I had no idea this was happening. It was mostly an issue with the sidebar, and it should be fixed now, though I’m [...]

Another week, a few change ups in the reader poll for Best of 2009: Phoenix – 12% The XX – 10% La Roux – 9% Bat for Lashes – 8% White Lies – 7%

Lucky for me the wonderful Temper Trap’s opening night of their sellout UK tour happened to be in my home city. Wow, wow, wow what a gig, with at times four guitars keys and fantastic drums. We were treated to what I think was every track from the debut album all my senses were blown [...]

‘Um and Ah’ is the second full length album release by the UK-based musical outfit, The Sorry Kisses. Following the successful release of their debut album ‘Hard Drive’ on Desert Mine Music in 2008, the core duo – Hayley Hutchinson and Sam Forrest – set about writing their second effort. Yet again it’s all been [...]

My favorite freaks will be performing for Mr Stephen Colbert tonight, at 11:30ET/8:30PST (like you don’t all watch Colbert already). They’ll be playing tracks from their latest and greatest, Embryonic. But the association with Colbert won’t end there. After the show has aired, you’ll be able to visit Colbert Nation, where they’ll have an exclusive [...]

Here’s an unexpected remix. Indie noisesmiths The Big Pink have taken on the Princess of Filthy Pop, Lily Allen. They turn her shiny electro lament about ageism/sexism into a dirty raver. I had no idea the lads had this in them, but perhaps I should have. At any rate, it’s a very effective remix, and [...]

I have to admit, I was worried about Ash for a while there. They supposedly asked Charlotte to leave (whaaa???), they released the lackluster Twilight of the Innocents, and then said they weren’t going to release albums any longer, just singles. I thought to myself ‘Are these guys done? Is this just a bandwagon jump?’. [...]