The all-star tandem of Titus Andronicus' Patrick Stickles, The Hold Steady's Craig Finn, and Tommy Ramone (along with Jesse Malin and Dave Hause) got together a couple of nights ago at Bowery…   Read Story »

It's ten years since Michael Azerrad first published his defining DIY '80s scene portrait Our Band Could Be Your Life, which covered an independent music culture that changed irrevocably a decade…   Read Story »

As TwentyFourBit reports, the occasionally prolific Mr. W is releasing a two-song 7" (and bonus digital download) as Mr. F. The vinyl tracks are called “This Machine” and “Foolish Hand Shake,"…   Read Story »

We first glommed onto the A.V. Club's covers project via Owen Pallett's take on Guided By Voices' "Game Of Pricks"; in the subsequent weeks more bands have entered the studio and chosen songs from a…   Read Story »

Band Of Horses did "Can't Hardly Wait" for a live, in-studio acoustic performance at Columbus, Ohio's CD101.1FM. Singer Ben Bridwell begins by saying they've never tried it before, plus, Bridwell's…   Read Story »

Courtney Love lost guardianship of Frances Bean and then lost her shit on Facebook. Now it seems like she's again lost the part of the brain that tells you certain ideas are no good. Today Love…   Read Story »

Next month the Dresden Dolls are releasing No, Virginia..., a collection of unheard material from the Yes, Virginia... sessions along with b-sides, compilation contributions, and previously…   Read Story »

Twenty something years after the fact, the Replacements' early work still sounds fresh. On Rhino's new, expanded, and remastered deluxe reissues of the Minneapolis quartet's Twin/Tone Releases, the…   Read Story »

In the December issue of Blender, the magazine's editors have compiled what they see as the "The 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever," opening with this little graph:Mumbled lyrics,…   Read Story »