Music Mule — mp3: The Golden Filter - Solid Gold New York’s latest babies The Golden Filter were a lot of fun. Deep dance beats, double drumming, a moog and ethereal vocals from their front lady who has more than a little bit of an Alison Goldfrapp thing going ... more info

Battery In your Leg — Finally! A video to accompany the hot little ditty that’s stayed in constant circulation on my home stereo for so many months. If you aren’t already familiar with The Golden Filter, they’re a bit like Ladytron, Hercules & Love Affair and Goldfr... more info

Guardian Music — Erol Alkan and Richard Norris have a theory about Summers of Love. "They happen every 21 years," says Norris. "1967 was 21 years before 1988, and 21 years after that is 2009. It's going to be the Third Summer of Love." This isn't perhaps an idea that... more info

The Music Fix — Competition: The Music Fix has two copies of Beyond The Wizards Sleeve's Re-Animations Vol. 1 to give away. The album includes remixes of Peter, Bjorn And John's Young Folks, Goldfrapp's Happiness and Franz Ferdinand's Ulysses. You can read our rev... more info

JamBase — WHEN THERE'S TRUST THERE'LL BE TREATSWHEN WE FUNK WE'LL HEAR BEATS Some albums are islands. Even if they leave breadcrumbs hinting at their origins we inevitably lose our way once we hit the water's edge. Despite their tectonic heft, these sor... more info

JamBase — Italy's top alternative rock band (and Greg Dulli collaborators) AFTERHOURS plays U.S. dates Afterhours Seminal Italian alternative rock outfit Afterhours return to North America (their last U.S. dates coincided with the Presidential election - th... more info

Cliptip — Sia seems to be a subject for self abuse. This video, in collaboration with fellow Australian Kris Moyes, is a perfect demonstration of that hog-tied, condom-over-head wearing, double-sided tape face melting mentality. But her collaborations have usu... more info

Perez Hilton — Christina Aguilera is apparently hard at work on her 4th album, and she's working with some super fucking awesome people! 2006's Back to Basics was a very retro-sounding affair. And it seems like she has a killer strategy for the follow-up! Aguilera ... more info

Pitchfork — A few months back, we reported that the icily synthetic Liverpool quartet Ladytron, along with like-minded freeze-poppers Goldfrapp, might be working with Christina Aguilera on a forthcoming Xtina album. Well, Ladytron's label has confirmed that th... more info

JamBase — TORONTO FOLK ROCK FAVORITES, GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS ANNOUNCE SPRING US TOUR BRAND NEW ALBUM LOST CHANNELS WILL BE RELEASED MARCH 31 SELECT JANUARY DATES WITH WILCO'S JEFF TWEEDY Great Lake Swimmers "The group's songsmith Tony Dekker has without doub... more info