This past weekend L.A. hosted the heavily (and according to various reports, perhaps overly) attended Fuck Yeah Festival. Great lineup, though apparently not the most easily navigated festival…   Read Story »

Elvis Costello and Brian Wilson-echoing Memphis baroque pop quintet Magic Kids put on their happy (sometimes crooner-seductive) faces and colorful shirts for this Jack Ferry-directed "Superball"…   Read Story »

Fresh off of making our summer with a gorgeous show while boat-cruising the East River, Memphis's Magic Kids double down on the generosity of spirit and sunny west coast baroque pop style with…   Read Story »

So it may just be that Kanye West's recent tweet did for airline travel what the Lonely Island did for getting onto boats, and that one day we'll call a merciful moratorium on referring to airline…   Read Story »

Welcome to summer, welcome to free and legally downloadable summer jams. Time to CELEBRATE on ROOFTOPS. But you know, oil spills. And crazy people waiting in lines for phones for hours. And poorly…   Read Story »

Magic Kids' "Summer" makes me think of Elvis Costello crooning vintage Brian Wilson lyrics with the help of Sufjan Stevens' backup singers. The track -- complete with strings -- comes from the…   Read Story »