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 »

NAME: The Shins PROGRESS REPORT: Writing songs for the follow-up to 2007's Wincing The Night Away. Working on a collaborative side-project. "You go a year without playing and you think, maybe I…   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 »