We Are Scientists - These guys have probably the greatest relationship with their fans of any indie band I’ve yet encountered. Their website is frequently updated with humor and inside jokes that makes the fans feel like they’re best friends with the band. But now they’re giving us the ultimate gift - signing with a […]

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I’m sure we all know the feeling. You hear a song in some weird place like a movie theater or friend’s house, far from your beloved computer. How will you find out who sings it? How can you buy or download it? Well, Google fixes everything. After getting this song from Adidas 1’s comercial stuck […]

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Update at Beck’s Website:
Beck will make his 9th appearance on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic this Thursday, March 31st at 11:15am, playing cuts off Guero with the band. Los Angelenos can tune in at 89.9FM, while the rest of you can listen to the live webcast at KCRW’s website.
Lollapalooza is back? Apparently it’s going to be […]

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Over at Albumfive.com there’s a crapload of new stuff on Weezer’s 5th album, Make Believe. Here is the video for Beverly Hills and two clips ripped off a special on Weezer.
Beverly Hills(video)
We Are All on Drugs (song clip)
Unknown song (song clip)
It’s looking like the tracklist is:
1 average person
2 we are all on drugs
3 i’m a […]

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>> David Byrne launched his own internet radio station this week. It’s pretty groovy. As I expected, there’s Arcade Fire on his playlist. This guy is a sucker for weird, but good, music. Via Boing Boing. Visit his radio station’s site here.
>>A fan of Bishop Allen? Tonight at 7pm EST their lead guitarist, Christian Rudder, […]

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Here’s a new song, performed by Jonny, Thom and the Nazareth Orchestra that was played at the Ether Festival. Ed has said that they boys have already spent 4 weeks in the studio working on new material. (from At Ease) I’m pretty sure, however, that this is just one of Johnny’s little ditties (like Bodysong) […]

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…because these kids don’t get enough press already. Here’s a recording of a CBC Radio Session. It’s in a rar file, so you’ll have to unzip it. But first, a couple “did you knows,”
-Regine from AF sings on the beginning of The Unicorns song Tuff Luff. According to shady sources, “it’s her, but backwards. the […]

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Sorry if it gets a little slow this week. I’ve got three tests and a couple labs. Ugh.
>>We Are Scientists have a hilarious interview over at New Noise.net These guys should have been comedians.
>>Here’s the new Ryan Adams song “Let it Ride” (yousendit.com)
>>Check out this dir with some awesome Radiohead, Pixies and Frank […]

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