For you to be in any way remotely amped about this story, the following things have to not make you want to barf: Starbucks, Valentine's Day, NPR-sounding MOR indie, Katy Perry blatantly grabbing for indie cred, cutesy fake-vintage cover art, the idea of anyone covering Coldplay for anything other than a joke, love in general.Still with me? On J...

Jesse "The Devil" Hughes of Eagles of Death Metal sits down with Pitchfork's Cosmo Lee for a loose, flowing chat about his early career in journalism, the significance of several of his tatoos, the strange appeal of the Outfield's "Your Love", and how he came to design a menu item at Denny's.Pitchfork.tv page with embed code is here.

Blur are indeed entering the studio, and yesterday head monkey Damon Albarn journeyed into BBC Radio 1 to guest DJ on Zane Lowe's show. During the two-hour set he played other folks' songs (Dead Prez, Eagles Of Death Metal, Omar Souleyman, the Horrors) as well as some Gorillaz material: "Broken," "Electric Shock," and "Stylo/Binge." We found the...

The Eagles guys are getting a lot of mileage out of this mediocre song. They passed along two video versions -- one starring pin art and one a pinhead -- and then a couple months ago brought the song to Jimmy Kimmel. In case you missed it those times, the most recent performance came via Leno this past Friday. You can watch it at Hulu. Things to...

AC/DC: no problem - But Bon Jovi, Eagles, Led Zeppelin: Don't bother us