Persona Sauna — Metric has a brand new video out for their latest single "Sick Muse." Featuring a lot of dancing, sparklers and spotlighting, it's Haines her way. (Get it?, hah). The album Fantasies has earned the band their first gold certified album; congrats to ... more info

The Culture Of Me — Coming the weekend of July 4 and 5, 2009, London's Hyde Park will be overwrought with music fans young and old for this year's Wireless Festival, which finds itself in possession of maybe THE line-up for the summer festival circuit. Doubt us? Ch... more info

Get Weird — Alex Metric’s latest release on Marine Parade is ’The Head Staight’ EP and the title track is some eighties inspired synth pop goodness that should definitely put a spring in your step if you like that kind of thing. You can get it now at... more info

The Culture Of Me — Featuring the US debuts of Louis La Roche and Justin Faust, a late-night "live" set from Danger and the rampant playlistism of hosts/twins/residents/kings of slashes Finger On The Pulse, this month's Yikes! party at Studio B was loud, rampant ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Chris said...Clawhammer - Thank the holder uppers (1995)http://smalltakeover.blogspot.comRedtelephone66 said...3s A Crowd "Christopher's Movie Matinee" (1968 Lp)Quiver "S/T" (1971 Lp)Cheryl Dilcher "Butterfly" (1973 Lp)http://redtelephone66.blogspot.... more info

Rolling Stone — Cat Power, “Wonderwall” [Oasis Cover] Does Chan Marhsall have a brother? And if she does, do they fight? Did she ever throw him out of the band? Are they hooligans? Tell me they’re hooligans. Bloc Party, “Ion Square” [Joel’s Bright Ligh... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — The annual NYC Popfest is happening this week and weekend and there are some goodies. I especially recommend Burning Hearts and Suburban Kids with Biblical Names on Sunday at the Cake Shop! Here’s the schedule: Thursday May 14, Cake Shop: All NYC S... more info

Live Daily — Plus: Crystal Method, Better Than Ezra, more * * * Green Day "21st Century Breakdown" (Reprise) The multi-platinum pop/punk act finally returns with a follow-up to its Grammy-winning 2004 effort, "American Idiot." Green Day's eighth studio effort,... more info

Music is Art — If I stumble, they’re gonna eat me alive Can you hear my heart beating like a hammer? From New York’s Metric, their new album Fantasies takes the listener on an experimental visual and emotional documentary of singer Emily Haines soul-searching ... more info

The Culture Of Me — Eighties-synth-ophile Brit Alex Metric offers up his fourth "EP"--really they're all just singles backed with a pair of B-sides--of straight-up-fun nothing-else-required dance pop on May 25 called, obviously, The Head Straight EP. It's a three-t... more info