When I interviewed Fenriz of Darkthrone a few months ago, the Norwegian icon/record collector/purveyor of great metal taste mentioned Christian Mistress twice. The enthusiasm made me curious, so I…   Read Story »

Safe is self-described Missoula-to-Berkeley "goat enthusiast and musical multimedia artist" CF Edley, more formally Christopher F. Edley III. He tells the world he likes "birdwatching, goats, cooking…   Read Story »

Earlier this year Adidas launched a series of Star Wars-branded shoes and clothing, so they turned to Lucasfilm again for this new commercial in their 2010 Originals series. This commercial combines…   Read Story »

NAME: Black Mountain PROGRESS REPORT: Completing their followup to Into the Future. Produced by Dave Sardy and Randall Dunn. Talking about the next Black Mountain album has to involve talking…   Read Story »

Less than a year after Jackson Brown successfully sued John McCain for using "Running On Empty" without permission, David Byrne is suing Florida Governor Charlie Crist for using Talking Heads' "Road…   Read Story »

Members of Wolf Parade have done a bit of explaining about the band's third album EXPO 86. We were told the main criteria Spencer Krug had for the songs was "whether or not [he] would dance to them."…   Read Story »

Earlier this week Montreal's Stars responded to the passing of Arizona's SB 1070 immigration law by declaring via Twitter that they wouldn't tour in the state until it was repealed. We haven't heard…   Read Story »

I first saw Buke And Gass last summer at Joe's Pub as part of the Happy Ending Music & Reading Series. They performed some of their songs on a bill where I did a reading about black metal (and,…   Read Story »

Hasn't Haiti suffered enough? The mildly anticipated retread of Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie's landmark "We Are The World" -- with 21st century flashes in the pan and abundant Auto-Tune in place…   Read Story »