This past weekend, Pearl Jam celebrated their 20th year together as a band by headlining their own Pearl Jam Twenty festival at the Wisconsin ski resort town of East Troy. Festival attendees had to…   Read Story »

There's not much to it, but here's a stylized clip of Julian Casablancas in a French perfume ad. In it he crowd surfs and presumably smells great. (via Consequence of Sound)   Read Story »

The Strokes' debut album Is This It was first released on 7/30/01. To help us celebrate this 10th Anniversary, we asked some of our favorite indie bands to cover each track. The resulting collection,…   Read Story »

When you stop and think about all the great songs Buddy Holly wrote, it's crazy to remember he died in that plane crash when he was 22. (Hurry up, Tyler.) If he'd lived, he would've been 75 this…   Read Story »

Friday got us dancing with LCD and Jay-Z, Saturday featured less clothing, and Sunday closed things out with a generally mellower lineup (plus more amazing weather). It was fitting the reunited…   Read Story »

Yesterday's interviews with America's indie rock news anchors showed a frank and feathered Julian Casablancas admitting that the Strokes are tracking separately, and that they're only playing…   Read Story »

As we mentioned, the Strokes have announced they'll be headlining this year's Lollapalooza, and will have a new LP out in September. But as a few of you noticed when we posted the Strokes's…   Read Story »

My favorite song from Incredibad gets a video/SNL digital short. Come along to awesometown, b.y.o.boiledgoose.   Read Story »

Despite admitting to losing money on his first string of Phrazes support dates, the solo Stroke has confirmed ten more North American shows (including a stop in the desert for Coachella). Compare…   Read Story »

"Let's hear it for New Yoooooork." Early on in Julian's set at Terminal 5 last night, the first of a pair at that Hell's Kitchen hellhole, he began paying props to Alicia Keys's performance on SNL.…   Read Story »