The Rumble Strips

Billboard Blog — ITINERARY: Cage the Elephant - adolescent post-punk meets rock 'n' roll roots Sasha Dobson - phenomenal musicianship of easy listening Rhymefest - freestyle and beats with a conscience The Rumble Strips - '50s throwback pop with a howlin' vocalist Th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Black Bubblegum DOWNLOAD: M.I.A. - Boyz Remix featuring Wale (MP3) DOWNLOAD: M.I.A. - Boyz Remix featuring Jay-Z (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Rhymefest - Man In The Mirror Mixtape (ZIP) Ronson, Merriweather & Wale Allido Records, named after one of my favo... more info

NME — The Rumble Strips are set to headline Club NME Los Angeles with Fred Perry Subculture tomorrow night (October 15). more info

NME — Daniel Merriweather, The Rumble Strips and Wale are among the acts who will perform at Mark Ronson's Allido Records showcase at CMJ in New York City next week (October 21). more info

The Red Radio — If Madness, The Specials and The Beat all had a child together it might sound a little like The Rumble Strips. A little bit ska and a little bit rock n' roll, The Strips will produce some skankin' little beats... more info

The Lemur Blog — Buffetlibre has begun their next, second, phase of Proyecto Batidora. A whole new set of songs and their parts has been made available to receive for hungry producers to remix. I can't wait to hear some of the alterations and I wonder what acts will ... more info

NME — The Rumble Strips have added 10 more dates to their headlining tour of the US and Canada, which now kicks off October 2 in Princeton, NJ. more info

The Music Slut — This afternoon, I had a great chat with Birdmonster's electrifying frontman, Peter Arcuni. Enjoy the full Q&A session below. Photograph courtesy of Greg Crane.1. Much has been written about the band's San Fran origin but as I recently found out, you ... more info