When Stereogum first saw Fool's Gold open for Cat Power a little over a year ago, Amrit noted the LA collective's “love for benga (Kenya-based), juju (rooted in Nigeria), and the Congolese genre…   Read Story »

Late last night Rolling Stone confirmed the sad news that Sparkhorse's Mark Linkous has committed suicide. A statement from his family: It is with great sadness that we share the news that our dear…   Read Story »

"Due to an ongoing dispute with EMI" Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, and David Lynch's project is   Read Story »

Yes, this is the year of Dark Nights (but not that kind, which is very last year). We'd told you about Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse's ubiquitous Dark Night Of The Soul posters, and now we can point…   Read Story »

Not to be confused with Dark Was The Night, except for similar potential for mind explosion. We had more than a few conversations at SXSW about the intriguing, ubiquitous (in Emo's anyway) poster for…   Read Story »

Tim Burton's cult stop-motion film turns 15 this year, and as previously reported a motley crew of indie and goth-pop acts have recorded covers for an updated soundtrack called Nightmare Revisited.…   Read Story »

Plenty of guitar rawk to go around, but Lolla Day One was a dancer's delight: Ghostland Observatory, M.I.A., LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk ... bodies were moved and clothes were drenched. But of course…   Read Story »

To know Mark Linkous through the years is to know you aren't gonna get him to gab much, but even in his dry, concise interview responses, the guy's charm is evident and subtly revealing. So fans of…   Read Story »

That's right. According to BBC Six Music (via Gigwise), Sparklehorse and Dangermouse are joining forces for a full album. Linkous says, ?There were some songs that didn't make it for the Sparklehorse…   Read Story »

Yesterday was a scorcher, but we managed to wipe the sweat from Amrit's camera lens long enough to snap shots of our favorite bands rockin' Austin. Stereogum's done a bunch of these 3-day rock fests…   Read Story »