Yuck guitarist/vocalist Daniel Blumberg moonlights as Oupa, and through that project he recently took to covering Smog's "It's Rough." Stream the track after the jump. It's Rough by Oupa Yuck…   Read Story »

Through most of Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks' "No One Is (As I Are Be)" clip, all we see is Malkmus singing and making droll faces at the camera while seemingly random athletic footage is projected…   Read Story »

The resurgence of Bill Callahan, a truly classic underground American songwriter, is appreciated -- New Yorker and NY Times profiles; positive, historicizing Pitchfork review for newest dispatch…   Read Story »

In February Gil Scott-Heron released his first new record in about 16 years. It's almost all new, original material, save for a couple songs, like the title track. "I'm New Here" comes from Bill…   Read Story »

What's that blowin' in the wind? Why it's the recently covered and screen-adapted Dylan acting the part of car salesman. Driving across the desert, rolling past cows and birds of prey, the…   Read Story »