Persona Sauna — Alright, time to get the ball rolling again. My trip to Gainesville to see The Black Lips, The Presets, and The Golden Filter turned into a week long adventure. Now I'm back to my own computer to fill it up with as much wonderful crap as humanly poss... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — There’s a lot to check out this weekend, so enjoy! FRIDAY: La Roux @ Studio B Kaiju Big Battel @ Warsaw The Presets @ Webster Hall Late Of The Pier, The Whip @ Studio B Cold War Kids, Amazing Baby @ Terminal 5 Preservation Hall Jazz Band @ The Blu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Presets @ Webster Hall (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) tonight in NYC * DANCE * La Roux @ Studio B * Kaiju Big Battel @ Warsaw * The Presets @ Webster Hall * Late Of The Pier, The Whip... more info

Tastes Like Caramel — Julian Hamilton of The Presets and I chatted via phone from his hotel room in North Carolina on Tuesday before their gig that night at Cat’s Cradle. The Presets are starting to wind down from their whirlwind tour of 2008’s electro-dream album Apo... more info

Pasta Primavera — Tonight continues the string of good music nights here in Baltimore.  Sonar is the place this evening with Medications, Edie Sedgwick, and Played Tomorrow performing.  Down in DC there are two shows worth your time.  DC9 has Japanther, Ninja... more info

Altsounds — *The Presets *world domination continues! After two years studio silence, The Presets (Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes) come rocketing back into the fray with their sophomore album, *Apocalypso*. Ranging from expansive, emotive techno, to future pagan ... more info

A Walking Disast3r — My good buddy Joel had mentioned these guys as one of the "Can't Miss" bands of the week, we just happened to stumble upon the venue they were playing at. Turns out it was a good place to check out Casio Kids as well who performed right before them.... more info

The Culture Of Me — (photo by Alex Singh) In honor of the new US tour dates--Coachella included--announced for Apocalypso (with support from mystery trio The Golden Filter), The Presets have just announced information about an expanded collector's edition of their e... more info

Pasta Primavera — Wow what a fantatic first two rounds of College/Musical heavyweights battling it out on the big stage.  While my personal bracket got seriously screwed by Beck (Wake Forest) completely choking against The Presets (Cleveland St.), I couldn’t be h... more info

JamBase — THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, DEVENDRA BANHART, ETIENNE DE CRECY THE ORB, MURDER CITY DEVILS, BUSY P AND PLUMP DJs ADDED TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2009 APRIL 17, 18 AND 19 Coachella 2008 by Dave Vann The Chemical Brothers (DJ ... more info