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12 Albums From The Past Decade That Are Way Better Than Is This It

...despite these black marks, Is This It was a decade-defining record that set the agenda for how rock sounded and even looked throughout the aughts. More importantly, Is This It remains (takes deep breath, steels self for commenter rage) the single best album released in the past 10 years." — ... More >>

A PLACE FOR FRIENDS

Party like it’s 2001

Edwyn Collins

Party like it’s 2001

Editors

Party like it’s 2001

The Yummy Fur Are Reuniting, Playing Newish DIY Venue 171 Lombardy

​The Yummy Fur, the delightfully skuzzy Glasgow indie-pop band, didn't make it across the ocean in their initial 1992-1999 run; college radio love never quite did buy anybody a plane ticket, either then or now. But being in Franz Ferdinand definitely is good for a transatlantic flight, and so ... More >>

Live: Islands and, Yes, Das Racist at Bell House

Talking trash at Siren 2008, courtesy of Idolator Islands/Das Racist Bell House Wednesday, August 19 Nick Diamonds emerges in a sparkly cape, which gets me to wondering if anyone other than James Brown will ever be capable of wearing a sparkly cape unironically, but with Islands this is the wrong ... More >>

Friendly Fires

Talking trash at Siren 2008, courtesy of Idolator Islands/Das Racist Bell House Wednesday, August 19 Nick Diamonds emerges in a sparkly cape, which gets me to wondering if anyone other than James Brown will ever be capable of wearing a sparkly cape unironically, but with Islands this is the wrong ... More >>

1990s

Talking trash at Siren 2008, courtesy of Idolator Islands/Das Racist Bell House Wednesday, August 19 Nick Diamonds emerges in a sparkly cape, which gets me to wondering if anyone other than James Brown will ever be capable of wearing a sparkly cape unironically, but with Islands this is the wrong ... More >>

The Vaselines

Talking trash at Siren 2008, courtesy of Idolator Islands/Das Racist Bell House Wednesday, August 19 Nick Diamonds emerges in a sparkly cape, which gets me to wondering if anyone other than James Brown will ever be capable of wearing a sparkly cape unironically, but with Islands this is the wrong ... More >>

Franz Ferdinand

Talking trash at Siren 2008, courtesy of Idolator Islands/Das Racist Bell House Wednesday, August 19 Nick Diamonds emerges in a sparkly cape, which gets me to wondering if anyone other than James Brown will ever be capable of wearing a sparkly cape unironically, but with Islands this is the wrong ... More >>

Coachella: Paul McCartney's Coming to the Desert

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Brief Guide to All the Wacky Shit You Missed This Weekend, Ponce

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POP Montreal Day 4: The D'Urbervilles, Adam & His Amethysts, PUCE Pop

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THE BUZZ

Catch this foursome before they go all Franz Ferdinand

The Jonas Brothers's Worn Out A Little Bit Longer

Let the Hit Factory help you out, boys

Provincializm by William Bowers: Spandex From Spain

Let the Hit Factory help you out, boys

Latin Showcase Showdowns

A cheat sheet for the mighty LAMC

Rockafeller Skanks and Immanentizing Canucks

A cheat sheet for the mighty LAMC

Insanely Catchy Postpunk Aims to Fill Stadiums

A cheat sheet for the mighty LAMC

Sleepover Camp

Wide-eyed pop tunes with worn-out cassette production

The Great Synth-Pop Crossover That Never Was Gets Poppier

Wide-eyed pop tunes with worn-out cassette production

Cat Trap

Connoisseurs of light get conceptual about being drunk

Canadian Indie-Poppers Stars Should Be On The O.C.

Connoisseurs of light get conceptual about being drunk

Listening in Real Time

Eclectic neoclassicism versus childhood-oriented avant-primitivism as global warming swamps our history

The Quarterly Report: Status's Favorite New Singles

Eclectic neoclassicism versus childhood-oriented avant-primitivism as global warming swamps our history

She's Not Your Steppin' Stone

He was a punk, she did ballet, now he's an indie boy and her week outpunks his year

Christians and Heathens

Known quantities, brave genre experiments, program music, and a couple of Cairos

2004

Known quantities, brave genre experiments, program music, and a couple of Cairos

Another Good Kick

Thrift-shop-dapper Scottish new wave revival standard bearers approach the perfect beat

Mark Your Calendar

We narrowed your choices down to the very best of the season so you're not overwhelmed

Mercury Positioning

England gives a New Yorker its prize, but Americans still wonder about the bands who also ran

New Beatles on the Block

Powerpoppers sell to teenyboppers, just like the Fab Four used to

Letters

Powerpoppers sell to teenyboppers, just like the Fab Four used to

Sweaty Bottoms Hit Rock Bottom in New Winterbottom

Powerpoppers sell to teenyboppers, just like the Fab Four used to

Beating Franz Ferdinand, in More Ways Than One

Powerpoppers sell to teenyboppers, just like the Fab Four used to

Hi-Yo Silver

Ready to head home, Chicago kids end tour wet with sweat

Light and Dark

Scottish and French outfits as different as day and night

Save Guernica?

Club shuts its doors; Har Mar infiltrates the pop market

Brits Above Us Conjure a Snappy Decade While Leaving the Crud Behind

Club shuts its doors; Har Mar infiltrates the pop market

Hugged By Fog

Yoga-rock bridesmaids lull, meander, and refuse to commit

Angry local rap-rocking poet rages at the blood on our hands

Yoga-rock bridesmaids lull, meander, and refuse to commit

Store Wars

Indies battle chains over product as industry kicks John Doe

Listings

Indies battle chains over product as industry kicks John Doe

Music for the Masses

Fist-raising rockers tune out the majors and band with independent record labels instead

Lost and Found

Fashion week diversions with Derrick May, Nick Zinner, and the Donnas

Glam Hip-Hop

Backward beat brings distinction to heart-riven thespians

All the Young Dance Whores

Franz Ferdinand's big queer hit takes straight guys where even Bowie feared to tread

Jay-Z in a Bottle

Table 50, a kinder, gentler bottle-service club; KEXP invades New York

Fresh From Scotland, Gear Eyes For the Slate Guys

Table 50, a kinder, gentler bottle-service club; KEXP invades New York