Where has good old generic, straightforward, catchy, fun indie rock gone? I've been listening to a lot of Tokyo Police Club these days—re-visiting their two full lengths and earlier EPs. I haven't had such a fun listening experience in too long of a time. I prance around like a little maniac, matching the boys from [...]

Tango In The Attic embody the type qualities of some great post-90s Modern Rock bands from both sides of the pond. Check out this live preview of their song "Swimming Pool" below and keep an eye out for a new LP from the band expected mid-April. Tango In The Attic - Swimming Pool (live) Tango In The Attic ( Facebook ) Rating 8
In what is beginning to look like the Pavement residency of 2010, Foster The People have added a third show at the Rumsey Playfield in Central Park on June 11, 2012 . Unlike the other two rental shows , this one is actually the first announced CPF Summerstage benefit of the year. Tickets go on Amex and venue presale this Wednesday, January 11 at noon, general on sale begins on Friday, January 13 . See more of my unofficial Summerstage 2012 lineup [...]
TMOT's top 5 albums of 2011, in no particular order 1. Bon Iver, Bon Iver Forget Emma, forget Kanye, forget the Grammys, forget the cabin in the woods. Jubilation is not apparent in Bon Iver, not at first. But how else could "Towers" be described? It's a gorgeous love song, and despite the occasionally unintelligible [...]
It's that time of the year...the best of the year lists. As every year...I ask for your help. Starting next week, I'll reveal my favorites of the year. But I want your help to make a master 111 Best Album of the year list. Send me your favorite albums of the year. Give me your top 20...if you can't think of the 20...then just 10, 5, or 1 is fine...whatever you liked. I'll compile the list

Justin Broadbent In an age where many young bands seek to get on the expressway to your skull immediately after their first rehearsal - assuming they rehearse instead of just uploading jams to Soundcloud - you have to appreciate a band like The Wooden Sky . They've taken the time to hone their songcraft and live show since forming as Friday Morning's Regret in 2003, and with their 2009 sophomore full-length If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone and its attendant endless touring regimen, have positioned themselves as [...]

The L.A. boys get ready for some globetrotting.

Foster The People have certainly taken over that King Hipster Award these last 12 months. Last week they release a new funny & lovingly-jokester video, featuring Precious (i wonder how her baby is doing) for, "Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)." Today they've announced a world of tour dates for 2012. Watch below & mark your calendars too, because I doubt you will be able to get away from them next year. You might as well give in, also, everything you need is HERE ...: [...]
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Photo by Debi Del Grande Foster the People will spend the first half of 2012 globetrotting in support of their breakout debut, Torches . Along with dates in the Eastern Pacific, Australia, the UK and Europe, and South America, the band has schedule a massive U.S. summer tour. The 23-date leg kicks off with a pair of shows in New York City on May 29th and 30th and wraps in Las Vegas on July 7th. Along the way, they'll share bills with The Kooks, Tokyo [...]

Love 'em or hate 'em, indie cover songs are a craze that never ceases. With 2011 kicking ass in the reproduced tunage department, I gotta say it was pretty challenging selecting only ten songs for this year's playlist. In terms of high-quality, fresh versions that delighted my ears upon listening, here is a list of 10 gems from 2011 that I believe epitomize remakes at their finest. Enjoy! The Smiths Song: There Is A Light That Never Goes [...]

Any number of great shows could qualify as solid picks this week (Ryan Adams, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, etc), but I had to narrow it down, so here are my concert recommendations for the week: The National w. Neko Case and Wye Oak, Air Canada Centre, Dec 8 Wow, how The National have taken off. They've been great as I've seen them in increasingly large venues. We'll see how they handle the cavernous ACC. Oh yeah, [...]

"Assembly" By Elephant. Free Download over at Bandcamp! *************************** Memphis Industries are a record label I've admired for some time , a label that manages to pluck pearls from the raging sea of musical inanity and provide shelter and artistic succor to a diverse mix of interesting artists ranging from the likes of Tokyo Police Club , The Pipettes , Frankie Rose and The Outs, Theoretical Girl, The Go [...]
When I first listened to Sunbears!, I thought I somehow managed to get lost on my drive home and ended up in the '70s - as you do when it's raining and the visibility is low. I can't say I've been lucky enough to experience the '70s before, but I think these guys wish they

Title: "Drop It on the Stereo" Artist: Kid Savant Label: BLANK Records Released: 10/24/11 What to know: "Drop It on the Stereo" is Kid Savant's debut release. It was produced and recorded by multi-platinum engineer/producer Sylvia Massy (Prince, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M.) at RadioStar Studios in Weed, CA (yes, "Weed, CA" is a real place) and mixed by Alex Aldi (Passion Pit, Theophilus London, Tokyo Police Club). [...]

David Black That Ryan Adams' retirement from music - declared at the start of 2009 as a result of personal, medical, and industry factors - wouldn't last was never in question. You don't go from being as prolific as he had been over the past decade and a half to radio silence without a relapse or two. That said, he made a pretty good go of it for a while, busying himself with writing and being Mr. Mandy Moore. By early 2010, however, he was clearly ready to get back to making music [...]

Vancouver pop band Said the Whale have had a pretty amazing 2011. In March, they won the Juno Award for New Group of the Year . Then, in July, they debuted a rollicking tour documentary on Canada's CBC network . Early next month, they'll cap off their monumental year with the release of a new EP, New Brighton . The four-track effort is the first new music from the band since their 2009 full-length, Islands Disappear . For a sense of the band's catchy, nuanced sound, CoS has an exclusive first [...]
The L.A. 101 Festival went out with a bang (of confetti) this year with 4 bands that did Los Angeles proud.

COVER ME! #4 » Nossa seção de covers voltou! Depois de 6 meses em stand-by, a seção COVER ME! está de volta! E celebrando esse retorno, nada melhor que uma seleção especial pra dar start na semana, não é? Destaque para o cover de Sophie Ellis-Bextor pra "Rebellion (Lies)" , originalmente gravada pelo Arcade Fire , e para a versão do Scissor Sisters pra "All The Lovers" , da Kylie Minogue , que parece ter saído de um western spaghetti dos [...]
Just a few days before Tokyo Police Club hop on a plane to the City of Angels to perform at the L.A. 101 Festival, guitarist Josh Hook chats with us.