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Flaming Lips Reveal New Album, Upcoming Super Bowl Spot

posted: January 25, 2013

There’s never a dull moment for The Flaming Lips. Whether they’re filming NSFW videos with Amanda Palmer, beating Jay-Z’s record for most live concerts played in 24 hours, releasing music inside of gummy skulls, or rolling…
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Bankruptcy, Health Problems Could Cause Cat Power To Cancel European Tour Dates

posted: October 21, 2012

It sounds like Cat Power has had a tough couple of months. Last night, the singer posted a cryptic Instagram photo with a long, confessional caption. According to the post, the singer has recently been struggling…
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Exclusive Q and A: Yeasayer Stop And Smell The 'Fragrant World'

posted: August 21, 2012

Indie blogosphere darlings Yeasayer have bucked the boom and bust trend of internet hype once already. Following up their buzzworthy 2007 debut All Hour Cymbals with the grand experimental pop of 2010’s Odd Blood, the Brooklyn-based…
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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: The Sufis Serve Up Some Southern Psych

posted: June 6, 2012

You don’t have to be stoned to be psychedelic. Sure, people tend to tag psychedelia as trippy, but that appellation has as much to do with the transporting quality of the best psychedelic music as…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Rockin' Holiday Gift Guide

posted: December 7, 2011

The holiday season is supposed to appeal to all of our finer instincts as sentient earthlings ”at least that’s the idea that’s been inculcated in us practically since birth. So why is its annual arrival…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Crystal Stilts: Falling In Love With Oblivion

posted: April 13, 2011

When Crystal Stilts‘ first album, Alight of Night, appeared in 2008, it announced the arrival of a gang of New York City psychedelicists who owed as much to the fuzz-drenched, ˜60s-informed sounds of ˜80s bands…
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