Not long ago in April, Grizzly Bear taped a performance of “Yet Again” on the Ellen Degeneres show. Today, that episode aired and the performance is now available to watch online. According to Ellen’s website, Grizzly Bear is one of her favorite bands. Ellen even provided the whole audience with their latest, critically acclaimed album Shields. You can check out [...]

The Early November had a hell of a comeback.  After an upsetting breakup in 2007 (I still have my “I saw The Early November before they broke up” shirt…heh), the band signed to Rise Records and released a new album, In Currents, in 2012, which grasped old and new fans alike with its heartfelt maturity along with a classic TEN [...]

Post-hardcore/indie outfit, mewithoutYou, teamed up with DTB (Digital Tour Bus) for the newest episode of “BUS INVADERS.”  Fans always love a sneak peak into the off-stage lives of their favorite musicians, and mwY has given theirs just that…but with an eighteen minute long in-depth video tour of their bus.  Nice. The band speaks for a while about how their bus [...]

The prolific garage rocker Ty Segall is at it again with his new album, SLEEPER. Ironically, I don’t think this guy ever sleeps, but nonetheless am stoked for this album. SLEEPER will be his first album of 2013 following 3 albums previously released in 2012. The album is set to drop on August 20th via Drag City. You can check [...]

The Story So Far’s Under Soil and Dirt was an instant classic for fans of modern pop punk with an edge.  It explored anger, sadness, betrayal, and every other topic you’d want to violently yell about while jumping around to energetic guitar riffs.  While the band’s following effort, What You Don’t See, is widely seen as failing to deliver that same freshness, [...]

The Begging Sea, a.k.a. Nathan Henry, has premiered a music video for a song entitled “Lightly Stepping,” which will be on this new project’s forthcoming debut album.  We’ve previously heard and admired Henry’s talents from his time in Sherwood (one of the first touring indie bands I ever saw live who seriously helped shape my music taste), but this new music [...]

Could the Internet BE any more butthurt? Let’s get this straight.  Brand New is one of my most played artists of all time, and I am not a very big fan of We Are The In Crowd’s music.  In fact, I am regretfully right up there above the pretentious line when it comes to bands covering Brand New songs (read: [...]

Get ready to bug out with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, because this one is a doozy: You know that stomach-turning feeling you have when you find a mosquito on your skin?  You know what I’m talking about, when your entire brain just focuses on the simple fact that there is a bug…on your skin…invading your body…SUCKING YOUR FREAKING BLOOD EW [...]

Watch Tame Impala do a spacey cover of Outkast’s “Prototype” for Australian radio station, Triple J’s “Like A Version” series. “Like A Version” sees artists doing covers of songs they love a lot. Tame Impala had some downtime from touring Coachella to stop in the the Triple J studio to do this special session. When asked why they chose the [...]

Did she just do that?! Claire Boucher, aka Grimes, turned down Steve Buscemi’s Easter brunch with Vampire Weekend? This is what happened in the new video clip for the Vampire Weekend/Steve Buscemi video series. The most recent clip sees Buscemi running into old pal Grimes and her friend James Brooks (formerly of Elite Gymnastics). Steve asks her out to Easter [...]