Guardian Music — Toronto gothic synth-punkers Crystal Castles bring their new self-titled album to the UK (8-24 Oct, starting at Mandela Hall, Belfast, gigsandtours.com) ...Scissor Sisters return with more disco madness, touring new album, Night Work (16-28 Jun, star... more info

Rollo & Grady — Jules – Shit Negro JEFF the Brotherhood – Heavy Krishna Black Lipstick – B.O.B. F.O.S.S.E. Lefties Soul Connection – Funky Chick Jacuzzi Boys – I Saw It All The Felice Brothers – Forever Green Lil Daggers – King Korpze Futurebirds – ... more info

The Late Greats — Oops. I screwed up. This record should have come last week. I remembered my Z, Y, X’s wrong. Not only does A.A. craft some incredible songs, but he gets The Felice Brothers to help out on a few tracks, including the one below.Listen:A.A. Bond... more info

The Late Greats — I am surprised that I liked The Duke & The King’s album better than the Felice Brothers. If you don’t know, The Duke & The King are Simone Felice and Robert "Chicken" Burke. Simone used to play in The Felice Brothers – who I love... more info

8/1 — 50 Kurt Vile – Childish Prodigy49 Jay-Z – The Blueprint 348 Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It47 Alasdair Roberts – Spoils46 Broadcast & The Focus Group - …Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age45 Richmond Fontaine ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: The Felice Brothers - Run Chicken Run (MP3) Dean & Britta Southpaw is hosting two New Year's Eve shows this year. The first (7pm doors) will be Dean & Britta with special guests. The second (10pm doors) is An... more info

Uncut — When The Duke & The King made their UK debut at London’s Bush Hall in May, I seem to remember there being at certain points up to about nine people on stage, including on at least one number four people playing guitars, someone on keyboards, a coup... more info

The Late Greats — Picture this: The Family Straw – back when it was just the three of us (Duke, Duchess and Duke Jr.) – VW Passat loaded up with camping gear, heading into NYC on I80. Duke Jr. and Duchess are asleep. On the car stereo, A.A. Bondy’... more info

Twangville — When four Americana torch-bearers come together to give a show some may call it a festival, some may call it an old-time medicine show, but I just call it a hell of a good night. For a fan of Americana music, the lineup was pretty hard to believe. Da... more info

The Late Greats — Last Friday, The Duchess and I saw The Big Surprise Tour. Justin Townes Earl. The Felice Brothers. David Rawlings Machine (feat. Gillian Welch). Old Crow Medicine Show.It was incredible.The show started with The Felice Bro's (and just about everyone ... more info