Whoops, looks like two cultures just got shocked. Obviously that headline is a joke! Except that maybe it isn't? Rumors had been swirling about Thom Yorke and Bon Iver penning songs for the The…   Read Story »

No longer ambiguous about his sexuality (or that of his bandmates), Michael Stipe can now afford to be ambiguous about his song selections. On Radio 1 Live Lounge recently, Stipe and Co. took on…   Read Story »

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Of the tracks we've heard, this was a poor choice for a first single, Editors. But the vid clearly demonstrates the band's cinema-rock ambitions, telling the tale of a girl on the run and recalling a…   Read Story »

We were a wee bit pissy when we talked about the first track to leak (three pee references already!) from the new Editors record (believe "mildly warmed over post-Coldplay arena rock" was tossed in…   Read Story »

Early last year, Editors rode into NYC on a jetstream of trans-Atlantic buzz, all but requiring faithful blogophiles' presence to do their due diligence at Mercury Lounge, despite the somewhat…   Read Story »

While we're almost done with thinking about the year that was, we can't let it go by without recapping the year in our favorite concerts. Most of the shows we saw were in the LES ('cause it's closer…   Read Story »

If you were at Mercury Lounge during Editors instant-classic first NYC gig, it's all you could talk about for a few weeks. And then you retreated to your copy of The Back Room and wondered ... is…   Read Story »