Being an American school kid can suck, but at least rock 'n' roll will always understand. The educational system's trappings have inspired great art like "School's Out," "Hot For Teacher," and on.…   Read Story »

Controversy aplenty this a.m. First, we talked about the Web Sheriff's oddball mission and now we have good ol' fashioned censorship (yeah, this shit happened even before the Internet was invented!).…   Read Story »

"The Kelly Affair" was one of the tunes BYOP started streaming a few weeks ago. Since then, Jemina fought off some boozy, gropey Mercury Lounge guy, and now she and her fellow Pets turn up in costume…   Read Story »

If you're a party hopper, today is your day. Well if you allow us to be biased for a minute ... you probably should head to Volume for our party (My Brightest Diamond, Nada Surf, Destroyer, Peter…   Read Story »

Exactly a month ago BYOP let us in on what was in store with Get Awkward (more Karen O, more raucousness, more bruising young garage punk jams -- just aged a bit), and last night Stereogum photog…   Read Story »