Don't you love Christmas music? I'm Jewish so mostly it makes me feel like I'm in a mall. But don't you love malls? I've been trying to get my daughter to listen to The Nutcracker, and that's been…   Read Story »

AV Club's en pointe Holiday Undercover is back for another round in 2011, and the most recent episode features indie breakouts Wye Oak covering Brenda Lee's "Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely…   Read Story »

In the video for "Holy Holy," a track from Wye Oak's album Civilian, the Baltimore duo spends the day at Coney Island, and director Jeremy Johnstone makes that broken-down place look way prettier…   Read Story »

Lollapalooza celebrated its twentieth anniversary in Chicago over the weekend with headline performances by Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, and Muse. It was the support acts, however, that really…   Read Story »

How did you celebrate July 4th? On a rooftop BBQ listening to our summer mix? Maybe you stayed in and watched old episodes of Hoarders on Roku? Maybe I stayed in and did that. There is no way to…   Read Story »

New York just became the 6th largest state to approve same-sex marriage. Yes! The Senate bill passed 33-to-29, Governor Cuomo signed the measure shortly after, and the law goes into effect in 30…   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 »

Michael Azerrad's Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From The American Indie Underground 1981-1991 is a great book, an essential read for folks who were there from the beginning, came in a little…   Read Story »

We put the third album from Baltimore duo Wye Oak on our honorable mention list of most anticipated releases of 2011. Some other details to help that anticipation: Though they've handled production…   Read Story »

Village Voice's annual Coney Island rock extravaganza turned 10 on Saturday and went down as sweaty and free as years past. Things kicked off with Dom in the early afternoon, and wrapped up many…   Read Story »