Rock Sellout — Brendan Benson will be releasing his fourth solo album, My Old, Familiar Friend, on August 18 via ATO Records. After taking a break from his Raconteurs contributions, Brendan entered the studio in Nashville and London with producer, Gil Norton (Pixie... more info

Pasta Primavera — Mason Proper have already proven to me that they are a band that can produce an album full of stunning, rich, and catchy pop rock.  Now they’ve taken it to a whole new level with this hybrid cover they just put out.  Check it: mp3: Mason Prop... more info

Perfect Porridge — Boston’s The Main Drag are sharing a cool cover of LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends.” LCD Soundsystem : “All My Friends” (cover by The Main Drag) They’ll be playing Minneapolis’ Fine Line Music Cafe on June 23. Btw, all the members o... more info

The Culture Of Me — (photo by Mandy Hall) Okay, we know this hasn't happened yet, nor is it truly in the works (merely fodder in the rumor mill), but we just would like to say that if it were either of those things, we'd be in total freak-out mode right now. In a re... more info

Rock Sellout — Team B is the musical endeavor of Kelly Pratt (Beirut, Arcade Fire). The majority of their debut album was written and recorded while Kelly was on tour with Arcade Fire and Beirut in 2007 and 2008. Kelly received help from a few of his friends LCD So... more info

JamBase — Benson returns with his fourth solo album, My Old, Familiar Friend Slated for release on ATO Records on August 18 2009. Brendan Benson Taking a break from writing, recording and touring with the Grammy winning The Raconteurs, Brendan Benson we... more info

411 Mania — James Murphy talks about new album... more info

Stereogum — This past weekend MTV aired their annual two-hour paid advertisement for upcoming blockbusters awards show. Videogum boiled it down to just the funny parts, although the funniest part actually came via a James Murphy MySpace blog post (H/T P4K) la... more info

NME — LCD Soundsystem man goes behind scenes at MTV Movie Awards more info

Pasta Primavera — Oregon’s Hockey have their self released Mind Chaos being re-released via Capitol Records to the masses this summer on June 23rd.  The lead single from it, “Too Fake”, has just enough dance, just enough LCD Soundsystem sound, and a smidgen o... more info