Happy Birthday to "Harry Potter" nemesis Tom Felton (1987), British pop singer Billie Piper (1982), Taking Back Sunday singer Adam Lazzara (1981), Brazilian supermodel Fernanda Tavares (1980), rapper Mystikal (1975),[...] Read more! more info

Stereogum — San Francisco trio Facing New York cite the Dismemberment Plan, Fela Kuti, the Police, and Steely Dan, among others, as influences. Listening to "All A This" from their forthcoming Get Hot, you can get a sense of the D-Plan as well as some of the dy... more info

Pitchfork — If you like your guitar licks tasty and your innuendo unnervingly easy to get, boy, have we got the news story for you. Eagles of Death Metal-- hard-rockin' homeboys Jesse Hughes and Queens of the Stone Age frontguy Josh Homme-- are back with a new L... more info

A Walking Disast3r — This weekend's Monolith Festival will include it's share of corporate ectasy that has become a staple at all major music festivals across the country. Dell has partnered up with the Monolith Music Festival to give festival go'ers a unique and exciti... more info

DrivenFarOff — Beat Union’s new video for “Can’t Stop The Radio” can be seen below. Directed by Nate Weaver (of Taking Back Sunday, Mute Math and Underminded fame), the video for “Can’t Stop The Radio” exhibits the UK rockers’ retro influences wit... more info