Ian Curtis

Style Counseling

How to get musically postmodern without really trying

Bloc Party

Silent Alarm
(Vice)

Bleeding Through

Mushy thrash-goth

Psych 101

Attachment Disorder
(self-released)

Rock 'n' revival: resurrecting musical artists to save their genres

Attachment Disorder
(self-released)

How Do You Spell Buzz? Start with White Lies

Dubbed as one of the BBC's 10 Breakout Acts of 2009, West London's White Lies released their debut album To Lose My Life... yesterday to much fanfare. The buzz surrounding these three chaps from across the pond is staggering. On one hand, it's always a good thing for a band to garner such attention, ... More >>

Edgefest Lowdown: Micky Avalon, Authority Zero, Flogging Molly and More

Dubbed as one of the BBC's 10 Breakout Acts of 2009, West London's White Lies released their debut album To Lose My Life... yesterday to much fanfare. The buzz surrounding these three chaps from across the pond is staggering. On one hand, it's always a good thing for a band to garner such attention, ... More >>

Unknown Pleasures

The exception to rock biopic drool

Josef K

Entomology
(Domino)

Xiu Xiu

The Air Force
(5 Rue Christine)

The Rakes

Capture/Release
(V2)

The Black Angels

Passover
(Light in the Attic)

The Sisters of Mercy

In goth we trust

She Wants Revenge

Feel-bad pop

Colder

Heat
(Output Recordings)

The Beat Goes On

Interpol continues to be an enigma

Anger Machine

Trent Reznor channels his rage into strong new songs

Mixing It Up

Variety is the spice of Coachella

Interpol

Less gloom, more sonic boom for New York's Interpol

Various Artists

Original Soundtrack Recording:

24 Hour Party People(ffrr/Warner Strategic Marketing)

New Order World

In dreary Manchester, a revolution spawned heroes, martyrs and, most of all, myths

Wize Guys

Pie Gomez regroups with a new-look version of his jazzy hip-hop ensemble

Glenn Beck Lies About Muse, iPhone Only Album, FTC Disclosure and Music Blogs

NME: First iPhone-only album to be released by Kids On DSP - videoElectric Mustache: mp3: Vampire Weekend - "Horchata"Idolator: If Your Mother Says "Here, I Got You Something Autographed By Ian Curtis," Check It OutIdolator: How Will Music Blogs Deal With The FTC's New Disclosure Guidelines?NME: Gl ... More >>

Interpol's Fourth Full-Length Feels Flat

Interpol

The American: Anton Corbijn Turns the Tried-and-True Thriller Inward

Interpol

Interpol: Interpol

​As we inch towards a rather fully-stocked Tuesday of new releases on September 14, the attention falls on today's slate of new music -- lead by New York post-punk revivalists Interpol.Their magnificent debut Turn on the Bright Lights was beyond influential when it was released in 2002, opening th ... More >>

Warpaint: The Fool

​This one's for the ladies, compliments of LA all-female quartet Warpaint.Today marks the release of their stunningly cohesive debut album The Fool. Six years in the making, The Fool maps out the band's penchant for all things Joy Division. Well, actually their take is a smidgen more upbeat, thoug ... More >>

Warpaint: The Fool

​Artist: Warpaint Title: The Fool Release date: October 25 Label: Rough Trade The musical path taken by L.A. foursome Warpaint is well trodden -- but this kind of ultra-moody, sort of experimental, Joy Division-indebted music is usually plied by men. But Warpaint is a quartet of women, and in ... More >>

She Wants Revenge

​Artist: Warpaint Title: The Fool Release date: October 25 Label: Rough Trade The musical path taken by L.A. foursome Warpaint is well trodden -- but this kind of ultra-moody, sort of experimental, Joy Division-indebted music is usually plied by men. But Warpaint is a quartet of women, and in ... More >>

The Ten Best Posthumous Albums

​Today, Universal Music Enterprises will re-release a handful of albums by the late Tupac Shakur, including the posthumous album R U still Down? (Remember Me). Originally released in 1997 (a year after Shakur's murder), R U Still Down? was one of the rapper's best-selling albums, going quadruple ... More >>

Generationals @ The Sail Inn

​Today, Universal Music Enterprises will re-release a handful of albums by the late Tupac Shakur, including the posthumous album R U still Down? (Remember Me). Originally released in 1997 (a year after Shakur's murder), R U Still Down? was one of the rapper's best-selling albums, going quadruple ... More >>

Iceage @ Yellow Canary Dance Hall

​Today, Universal Music Enterprises will re-release a handful of albums by the late Tupac Shakur, including the posthumous album R U still Down? (Remember Me). Originally released in 1997 (a year after Shakur's murder), R U Still Down? was one of the rapper's best-selling albums, going quadruple ... More >>

Sundown Showdown IV @ Palo Verde Lounge and Yucca Tap Room

​Today, Universal Music Enterprises will re-release a handful of albums by the late Tupac Shakur, including the posthumous album R U still Down? (Remember Me). Originally released in 1997 (a year after Shakur's murder), R U Still Down? was one of the rapper's best-selling albums, going quadruple ... More >>