Brooklyn Vegan — Parents beware, Zhu Zhu Pet madness is spreading. It's highly contagious and has been known to infect small children -- and their parents. (Please do not confuse this particular malady with Tickle Me Elmo disease.) In a toy trend that's... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Titus Andronicus @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple on 11/5 (more by Jake Forney) Add another one to the growing New Year's Eve event list - Titus Andronicus are playing a 1:30am NYE show (technically New Years Day) at the Mercury Lounge.... more info

Stereogum — Ex-Titus Andronicus and Glen Rock, NJ resident Andrew Cedermark (he lives in Charlottesville, Virginia now) is releasing a split 7" with Family Portrait next week via Underwater Peoples. Cedermark represents on Side A with "Untruth" and "Hard Livin',... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words by Andrew Frisicano, photos by Jake Forney Apart from a few deviations, Fucked Up succeeded in performing their 2008 album The Chemistry of Common Life in full and in sequence at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple on Thursday, November 5th.... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Photo by Will Deitz The MySpace for Dinowalrus, a band led by Pete from Titus Andronicus, describes them as both ambient and thrash, a dubious combination-- most of the time. "Nuke Duke 'Em", a track from their forthcoming debut full-length, jumps fr... more info

Chorus.fm — Read a startling account of Vice's Halloween party written by *Titus Andronicus (http://titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com/)* in the replies. Submitted by ACA more info

Stereogum — While you were out drinking as vampire Sarah Palins and slutty John McCains (research for this post conducted in 2008), musicians were celebrating Halloween in myriad ways their own: Phish covered Exile In Main Street in Indio; Titus Andronicus di... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin David Yow rides the crowd as beer flies Titus Andronicus drama aside for a second, I was worried that the "party" crowd wouldn't be a good audience for the Jesus Lizard and Bad Brains. But as... more info

Stereogum — Titus frontman Patrick Stickles was forcibly ejected because of his costume, but not before being put-off by the coke-snorting American Apparel-style "assholery on display." He got back in in time to perform ("I really needed the money"). This is his... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin HR of Bad Brains / security on stage during Bad Brains "...At this point, Bad Brains were playing, and it was clear more trouble was in store, when some guy in some sort of medeival doungeon... more info