Portlandia is a show by, for, and about indie rock types, so it's no surprise that indie big dogs show up in sketches every so often. This past weekend's episode featured two. St. Vincent's Annie…   Read Story »

Tonight, as anyone who's been near a TV in the past month already knows, the much-hyped Fox singing-competition show The X Factor makes its debut. The Americanized version of the hit British show…   Read Story »

Last week we brought you video of Ugly Casanova performing "Here's To Now" at the premiere of the adventurist surfing/climbing documentary 180° South. Here's another new one from the soundtrack:…   Read Story »

Ugly Cassnova's only album, Sharpen Your Teeth, was released back in 2002. The band looked like it was on permanent hiatus until it was announced a month back that UC would contribute nine songs…   Read Story »

Modest Mouse fans might've caught Portland's Mimicking Birds when they opened for the band last year. The connection doesn't stop there: The trio also recorded their self-titled debut in the home…   Read Story »

Not sure if musicians and comedians preternaturally get along together. But they definitely both hate cancer. So maybe this benefit for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society was more of a…   Read Story »

With Johnny Marr off turning his seasoned tricks for the Jarmans, Modest Mouse recruited ex-Grandaddy guitarist Jim Fairchild for this twelve date tour. Seems it was a good choice. These shows are…   Read Story »

There are so many people in Broken Social Scene that an extra body onstage might go unnoticed. Well, if that extra body didn't have the very distinctive voice of Isaac Brock. The Modest Mouse teamed…   Read Story »

On the new site ShredOrDie -- a member of the OrDie Network -- skating legend Tony Hawk (did he ever find Animal Chin, btw?) interviews Isaac Brock and Johnny Marr before the start of one of Modest…   Read Story »