The Apples in Stereo

Radio Hits One: fun.'s "We Are Young" Brings Indie Pop To The Super Bowl And The Hot 100

Last week Billboard published the Hot 100 chart covering the post-Super Bowl week, and unsurprisingly the most notable leap on the chart was made by a song featured on the telecast. The surprise was that it wasn't "Give Me All Your Luvin'," Madonna's new single, performed during her halftime show pe ... More >>

Live: Olivia Tremor Control Keep Hope Alive

​Olivia Tremor Control w/the Music Tapes (le) poisson rouge Wednesday, September 21 Better than: Poring over photos from May 1997 on Flickr. In the '90s—that increasingly storied decade that everyone under 30 is probably sick of hearing about the way I was tired of listening to yarns ... More >>

CMJ Day Two: Marnie Stern, Dom, Tamaryn, And Lower Dens Kick Off The Stereogun Party At Santos Party House

"Stereogum!" Pics by Rob, more below.​Marnie Stern/Dom/Tamaryn/Lower Dens Santos Party House Wednesday, October 20 Better than: Just sitting at home reading ecstatic Tweets about the whole Phoenix/Daft Punk thing. So let's toss a few more ribald Marnie Stern exclamations on the pile. #1: "It ... More >>

The Apples in Stereo

LIKE THEM APPLES?

Dreamy, silly, and real rock takes to the pier

Spring Guide: Londoners the xx and More

Enjoying American top-10 lists with the hit Brits

Surfer Blood Cover Neutral Milk Hotel, Owe Todd P Everything According to Miami New Times

Hey, wouldn't you know it, Surfer Blood casually cover Neutral Milk Hotel's "Two-Headed Boy" over a bottle of El Presidente, and it's not half bad for a bunch of dudes who won't even get up off the couch! They even screw up a couple times and it's still better than that awful Apples in Stereo vers ... More >>

On Bright Eyes' Cover of "Papa Was a Rodeo" From SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers

SilverSparrowDesignsThis can be yours on Etsy for only $46 Always thought "Papa Was a Rodeo" was a genuine love song. Satirical disclaimer, of course, written in uncharacteristically referential homage to Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood, apparently. But the best tributes take on their own lives and ... More >>

Of Montreal Trades Polite Beatles Worship for a Flashy Prince Fixation

Kevin Barnes loves loincloths and horses. Outback Steakhouse? Not so much.

The Dragons of Zynth Open Siren

Meet the first, and weirdest, and possibly best band on the bill

Tonight: the Music Hall of Williamsburg Opens?

Photos: Apples in Stereo and Dragons of Zynth at SummerStage

TV in the Park

A gruff but still inspiring Television set: perfect for Father's Day weekend

Let's Take This Outside

Al fresco shows for real New Yorkers (and their houseguests)

Power-Pop Experts Invent New Scales, Revisit Old Thrills

CMJ Music Marathon Highlights

But Whatever Happened to Betsy Wetsy and Chatty Cathy?

Listings

A Very Good Year

Minstrels All

Sound Checks

Your Choices Guide to Four Nights of CMJ Music

Getting Them Straight

Consumer Guide