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Tired of reading the same recommended books from the usual sources? Just think of our weekly What We’re Reading column as your non-committal book club with The FADER and some of your favorite bands. For ... read more �

Deer ticks are nasty little arachnids whose mission is to suck the blood out of living creatures, all the while transmitting the horrible Lyme disease. Well, in the summer of 2005, singer/songwriter John McCauley found one of the little buggers on his scalp on a camping trip and inspiration hit. His band would be “Deer Tick.” (L to R, Deer Tick is John McCauley, Dennis Ryan, Chris Ryan and Andrew Tobiassen) But don’t worry, this group is all about rocking your [...]

Drake S.O.B.'s Tuesday, May 26 The banner behind the stage at S.O.B.'s last night' read, "Who's Next" but Drake, the Degrassi-famous member of Lil' Wayne's Yung Money crew, is right now. He's the f... Continue reading "Live: Drake Offers Up Chicken Breasts and Pinot Grigio at S.O.B.'s" >

Born On Flag Day , Deer Tick 's highly anticipated second full-length album, isn't out until June 23rd on Partisan Records, which makes me incredibly sad. There is some really good news, though, a new song was released today from the album and I have to say, this is pretty awesome. You can hear how 2 years of strong touring have influenced their sound, but don't take my word for it. Check out the new track, "Easy" after the jump [...]

• Deer Tick - Easy

"I mean Aspen, Portland: They're on the West Coast, but for an L.A. dude it's like the middle of nowhere. We got U.S. Marshals hopping on the bus in Salt Lake City." Not since the emergence of The ... Continue reading "Interview: Rapper Nipsey Hussle on West Coast Hip-Hop and Rolling Sixty Crips" >

all photos by David Atlas Fleetwood Mac Madison Square Garden March 19 It was sometime during Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham's delicate duet performance of the lullabye-like "Never Going Back A... Continue reading "Live: Fleetwood Mac at Madison Square Garden" >

Busta Rhymes and Ron Browz B.B. King Blues Club March 10 Star power does funny things to your eyes. Take last night's Busta Rhymes/Ron Browz show at B.B. King, for instance. I mistook Kool Herc for... Continue reading "Live: Busta Rhymes and Ron Browz at B.B. King" >

all photos by Rebecca Smeyne If you were cynical you might say that Jimmy Eat World, who took the stage at Terminal 5 last night in celebration of the 10th anniversary of their 1999 album Clarity, we... Continue reading "Live: Jimmy Eat World Reprise Clarity at Terminal 5" >

Amanda M Hatfield Los Campesinos Bowery Ballroom February 15 On Sunday, the second of their two-night, sold-out stand at the Bowery Ballroom, Los Campesinos! played their parts. The Welsh seven-piec... Continue reading "Live: Los Campesinos! Break Post-Valentine's Day Hearts at Bowery Ballroom" >

Beginning with a panoramic, ominous series of God's-eye shots of the Los Angeles skyline flipped on its axis so that skyscrapers jutting down like stalactites, Crips and Bloods: Made In America is d... Continue reading "Live: Stacy Peralta Talks Crips and Bloods: Made in America" >

Doing his small part to form a more perfect post-racial America, next-gen Atlanta up-and-comer Young Dro is taking the fight to Cate Blanchett with his new mixtape Black Boy White Boy. The rapper's ... Continue reading "Mixtape Review for a More Perfect America: Young Dro's Black Boy White Boy" >

Conceived over the summer of '08 as a fourth quarter game-changer, Maroon 5's Call and Response inexplicably gathered such disparate talents as Of Montreal and Deerhoof, Just Blaze, Pharrell William... Continue reading "The Making of Maroon 5's Call and Response: An Oral History" >

Photos by David Atlas Oasis Madison Square Garden Wednesday, December 17 Stature can say a lot. At last night's Madison Square Garden Oasis gig, opener Ryan Adams, never known as the quiet, non-ef... Continue reading "Live: Oasis Call Soldiers "Gay Boys" at MSG" >