Last night, the Foo Fighters headlined Madison Square Garden, and they trotted out a couple of serious rock O.G.s during the encore. First off, Hüsker Dü frontman Bob Mould joined them to help out…   Read Story »

At a show they played together a few weeks ago, My Morning Jacket and Neko Case shared a stage to cover the immortally goofy Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers duet "Islands In The Stream." And now they've…   Read Story »

The Glam youngsters took a sloppy, bored, somehow triumphant(ly disengaged) stab at Tom Petty's "American Girl" for Onion A.V.'s Undercover 2011 series. As they tweeted: "We did this awful cover of…   Read Story »

On "Calgary," Justin Vernon's vocals lay in a cloud of gloomy synths and anxious electric guitar tones, suggesting a sonic shift from the grainy For Emma formula. But not too much has changed -- the…   Read Story »

Yesterday was Mother's Day, hopefully everyone got their moms something nice, and at the very least remembered it was Mother's Day before this post popped in their RSS. If not there is this Super Mom…   Read Story »

Last month Death Cab For Cutie returned to the spotlight with "You Are A Tourist," the great first single and video from their forthcoming Codes And Keys. A sunny addition to our spring playlist, it…   Read Story »

The video for the first single from Mojo is pretty low-key. Mojo is his first record with the Heartbreakers in eight years, and they almost seem to be the focus of this performance video. Especially…   Read Story »

When we posted about MusicNOW a couple weeks ago, I mentioned I first learned about the Ohio festival via a 2007 video of Sufjan Stevens' moving take on "John Wayne Gacy, Jr.," which he did with the…   Read Story »

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers will release their first studio album in eight years this spring. It's called Mojo, and once it's released it'll be a free download for anyone who buys a ticket to…   Read Story »

Despite selling out in five minutes, and despite featuring Vampire Weekend playing Vampire Weekend songs, last night's early show at Joe's Pub was an atypical night with the band. They performed as…   Read Story »