As advertised, Phoenix treated Central Park's Summerstage to two sold-out nights of their danceable and occasionally epic insouciance this past weekend. The lineup was a synth-lover's delight,…   Read Story »

Devendra's a major label artist now, having recently announced his shift from venerable indie XL to even more venerable music biz behemoth Warner Bros for his upcoming What Will We Be LP. Otherwise…   Read Story »

Beck continues making good use of his down time between album cycles with the second phase of his Record Club, the project which sees Hansen invite a tag-archive-friendly set of friends to cover a…   Read Story »

Some 30,000 people over two days crammed into the six-block area in San Diego's East Village that hosted the 25th annual Street Scene this past weekend. That's a strong number, albeit down from last…   Read Story »

We don't have an exact release date, but Devendra's new label, Warner/Reprise, sent out a stream of What Will We Be a couple days ago, so we do have the track list. We also know Banhart's sixth album…   Read Story »

Devendra's public appreciation of Oasis continues, adding to his cover of the band with a synthy remix of one Dig Out Your Soul's finer points, "(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady." Download it at…   Read Story »

We heard new live Devendra Banhart last week. Today we can offer the recorded variety, though it's not from his next record: "Lindo Cihuatlán" shows up on the soundtrack for Rudo y Cursi, the flick…   Read Story »

In a Coachella warm-up of sorts -- or, at least, a show that happened prior to Coachella -- Devendra Banhart and his backing quintet played a packed show at San Francisco's Independent. Natalie…   Read Story »

Surprise, it wasn't My Bloody Valentine's 15-minute aural assault "You Made Me Realise" that caused Sunday's biggest audio mishap. Organizers cut the speakers during the Cure's "Fire In Cairo" (two…   Read Story »

Banhart kissed his beard goodbye, but the gender-bending/open-ended sexuality remains on "Forget About Him," his contribution to the Kath Bloom tribute CD Loving Takes This Course. The 16-song…   Read Story »