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The Decemberists are currently featured on Current TV's "Embedded" - which if you haven't seen yet is a great show on an equally cool network. The show has some exclusive rehearsal and live footage along with interview clips from the band. Check it out here and for those "down under" you can buy...

Scott Stapp channelled his inner Bill Clinton recently by telling Spin magazine there was no "sex" on the sex tape featuring some young ladies visiting the Kid Rock tour bus. Of course, like the former President, Mr. Stapp apparently doesn't count blow jobs as sex (which may or may not be happening...

Jay Nash joined forces with Matt Duke and Tony Luka for an EP called "TFDI" and the collaboration has paid off. Today "TFDI" sits a top the iTunes Singer Songwriter charts. The four song EP features a nice cover of The Band's "The Weight" and may represent a new promotional model for indie artists....

By: David SchultzThe Eighties proved to be an awkward era. Not only did it give us the Safety dance, purple rain, luftballons, the moonwalk, Wang Chung and Terence Trent D’Arby, it’s the decade that gave us the phrase “Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto.” In addition to cringeworthy...

By: David SchultzGiven the bad blood that runs through the veins of the surviving members of the Velvet Underground when it comes to playing together, the December 8 gathering of Lou Reed, Doug Yule and Maureen Tucker at the New York Public Library will likely be the closest we ever get to a VU...

U-Melt Signs With Harmonized RecordsNew Album Perfect World To Be Released Nationally on February 23, 2010Brilliantly capturing U-Melt’s amazing ability to shatter musical boundaries and transcend genre classification, Perfect World, U-Melt’s eagerly anticipated third studio album will...

By: David SchultzUsually it takes a couple decades before a band ends up in some version of someone's "Where Are They Now" column. Nowadays, when an act can be hyped up and inspire a backlash within a six month cycle, it's a less a "Where Are They Now?" and more of a "What Are They Up To?" Just...

By: David SchultzSince making an appearance at Super Bowl XXXVIII, much has been said, written and debated about Janet Jackson's right breast. In the five years since Jackson flashed America, fines have been levied, speech and expression censored and decisions rendered by all sorts of judicial...

By: David SchultzRather than read my words this fine Friday, I'm going to suggest you go over to Hidden Track where Ryan Dembinsky has a great interview with Jason Gallagher of Leroy Justice. So put on The Loho Sessions, check out Ryan's interview and enjoy the weekend.This will also start an Earful...

By: David SchultzA Segovia with the wit of Phil Ochs, Wisconsin singer-songwriter and guitarist nonpareil Willy Porter can do things with an acoustic guitar that seem impossible until you see him play. When he gets going, his dexterity defies physics. Like Tom Morello and Vernon Reid, the guitar...