Photo by Marty PerezThese days, we're stuck deep in that weird, dispiriting gulf between Spoon albums. You know the drill: The last one, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, is a year-and-a-half old now, and we've heard all the songs enough times that we know when each little guitar ping will come in. But the band hasn't announced any plans for another album yet, a...

Casey Spooner photo by Dusan ReljinThe conceptual art glam-dance duo Fischerspooner had the simultaneous good and bad fortune to emerge in 2001 with "Emerge", an epic dancefloor throb of a single that came into the world at the center of New York's electroclash scene. Electroclash got a ton of press and then triggered a seismic backlash before a...

The indie-store-friendly Record Store Day promotions are stacking up, with exclusives from Sonic Youth, Beck, Jay Reatard, and Pavement already in the works.And here's another one for the April 18 extravaganza: The Thermals have paired with Kill Rock Stars labelmates Thao With the Get Down Stay Down for an exclusive 1000-print split 7".The Th...

Yes, three H's. That's the point: excess. It's all over new tape Hottest Ni**a Under the Sun. Mook-rock guitars? Yeah. "Purple Rain" solo w/ falsetto? Yeahh. And-- perhaps most shockingly-- an actually-hilarious verse from Mack Maine? Yeahhh. I mean, bitching about something like "Prom Queen" is like bitching about insects devouring each oth...

Kyiie Minogue's 2000s resurrection as an electro-pop superstar is celebrated on this remix collection, which includes reworkings of her songs from artists such as the Chemical Brothers and Fischerspooner.read more