If you ask me the perfect recipe for a good band is pretty basic. Take a guitar player or two add a bas player and a drummer then top it off with some smooth vocals. If you want a really good band take the same recipe and add some sex appeal. If you want an awesome band put Jenny Lewis in front of the guys and enjoy your well made band and the just desserts to follow…

It’s about time, and damn they were sneaky about keeping it hush hush.
OCTOBER 10th Radiohead’s In Rainbows drops.
We all know they have been in and out of the studio, and rumors of tracks being mastered have surfaced here and there, but they did a great job of keeping things quiet. I have to say I [...]

Believe it or not, Daft Punk did sample Mr. Manilow for “Superheroes.” But wait, it doesn’t stop there!
Palms Out Sounds compiled thirteen tracks from which Daft Punk sampled from, including songs from Sister Sledge and Electric Light Orchestra. The ten others are artists I’ve never heard of, but assuming they are of late 70s/early 80s [...]

Interpol
Our Love To Admire
Rating: 5.0
Label: Capitol
For fans of: Depeche Mode, Joy Division, Editors

So I just listened to the new album from Interpol, Our Love to Admire, for the fourth time through and I get the feeling I just licked a half dead nine volt battery from an RC car I got when I [...]

Stars has a new album under their wing for an Arts&Crafts September release, In Our Bedroom After the War. The first preposition in the album title “In Our Bedroom” is an almost-perfect representation of the record’s entirety.

read here : dailymail

Last night I got to see Daft Punk perform at Keyspan Park in brooklyn. The concert was fantastic, I had a great time dancing and singing along.

MP3: Daft Punk, Aerodynamic

also from Saddle Creek :

The Good Life’s fourth and finest full length, Help Wanted Nights CD/LP, will be released on September 11. A 7″/Digital single for “Heartbroke” will precede that on August 21. The single includes one track that is not on the album.

The Good Life – Help Wanted Nights CD/LP There’s something to be [...]

From Saddle Creek: “We are very excited to welcome Tokyo Police Club to the family! They will be recording their debut full length in September and are hoping for an early 2008 release. Pitchfork ran a story about the signing, complete with photos of the actual event. Check it out here:
http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/42620-tokyo-police-club-sign-to-saddle-creek”
TPC are on tour [...]

Rilo Kiley – 2007 Tour Dates

plus a presale
Event Rilo Kiley
Sep 6 Warfield Theater (San Francisco, CA) $27.50
Sep 7 Crystal Ballroom (Portland, OR) $20.00
Sep 8 Showbox (Seattle, WA) $19.50
Event Rilo Kiley (supporting Modest Mouse)
Sep 10 [...]

Stars announce North American Fall Tour and Presale – July 11th, 2007
On October 17th Stars will embark on a full USA tour in support of their new album In Our Bedroom After The War.
Go to www.arts-crafts.ca for complete details of each performance.
ADVANCE FAN TICKETING — A limited amount of advance tickets will be for sale [...]

download the song here: Open Your Heart
I like this song, and the video. Cute, catchy, etc

Kevin Drew leaves fans eagerly awaiting his mostly-but-kind-of-not solo project, presented by Broken Social Scene, Spirit If… by providing an MP3 of “Tbtf” for download on the Arts & Crafts website. The LP will be available September 18th, although I’m sure in about a month (or less) it will leak on the Interweb. No doubt [...]

Time to whip out your best Robert Smith-esque makeup and Aquanet, because everyone’s favorite gloom-pop band, The Cure, have confirmed dates for a month-long North American tour, starting in the fall. I will undoubtedly be at the Madison Square Garden show, two days before I see Genesis at the same venue… what an unlikely combination.
Sep-13 [...]

Radiohead’s producer Nigel Godrich, posted the following clip on Radiohead’s website. The video includes snippets of new tunes ‘Open Pick’, ‘All I Need’, ‘Down Is The New Up’, ‘Arpgeggi’ and ‘Bangers ‘n Mash’
Nigel wrote:
a bit of tape from the studio
I keep bits of tape which have been [...]

First, it was Adam Green’s “Jessica [Simpson].” Then it was Spank Rock’s “Linsday Lohan’s Revenge.” Now? The almost obnoxiously-happy Swedish super-[duper]-group I’m From Barcelona paid homage to everyone’s favorite part-time mom, part-time pop star, and full-time train wreck, Britney Spears, with a new song to kick off the summer, simply titled “Britney.” It is catchy, [...]

SATURDAY, JUNE 16 – 3pm to 6pm
Television
Apples in Stereo
Dragons of Zynth

FRIDAY, JUNE 22 – 7:30pm – 10pm
COMEDY CENTRAL PARK
Dave Attell
John Mulaney
Joe DeRosa
Amy Schumer
Kurt Metzger
Ted Alexandro

SUNDAY, JUNE 24 – 3pm to 6pm
CANADA DAY!
Sloan
Apostle of Hustle
Duhks

MONDAY, JULY 16 – 6:30pm to 10pm
The Decemberists
Grizzly Bear
Land of Talk

THURSDAY, JULY 19 – 7:30pm to 10pm
UCB Theatre’s Comedy Cabaret
Human Giant
Demetri Martin
Rebecca [...]

You heard it here first (although most likely not)! New York’s very own Animal Collective have finally announced details regarding their forthcoming album, Strawberry Jam. It will be their first LP released on Domino Records, and will hopefully be dropped in September. After much success from 2005’s Feels and 2006’s People EP, this is terribly [...]

Feist is awesome
so is Feist acoustic
and on a bus for that matter

-Feist “I Feel It All” on a bus on Jimmy Kimmel Live 5-15-07

I love Wilco. Maybe it has something to with my affection for manly country acts acting sensitive; ala Gram Parsons, but I love Wilco. So I guess it was really no surprise when I fell in love with Sky Blue Sky. It’s fantastic; the dynamics hit me in all the right places. The songs hit [...]