This morning we saw what the new female face of Xiu Xiu brings to the table. Now we check in with her predecessor, Jame Stewart's ex-partner in Xiu Caralee McElroy, who's moved on to flesh out Wesley Eisold's darkwaved synth-pop project (and BTW) Cold Cave. Caralee's shining moment comes with "Life Magazine," a pop-outlying standout from the Lov...

AP - The simple white shotgun shack where Elvis Presley was born is so tiny it could easily fit inside a single room in the opulent Graceland mansion where he spent his final years — maybe in the Jungle Room with its green-carpeted ceiling.

Before this most recent Xiu Xiu outing Jaime Stewart popped up in Former Ghosts and his former bandmate popped up in Cold Cave (and holiday RadioShack ads). Now, after doing his best Morrissey impression, Stewart's set to release the cheerfully titled Dear God, I Hate Myself. It's Xiu Xiu's seventh full-length in one form or another. The first w...

Or vice versa. You guys often accuse the synth-pop crew for not smiling enough, but the Philly/NYC BTW provide the chirpy soundtrack for this joyful new Holiday Season Radio Shack ad. (Thanks for the tip, Zach.) The Caralee-fronted "Life Magazine" does the honors. Too bad they couldn't talk the company into giving it a go with "Sex Ads." It may ...

Black Lips have broken up their recent bloglines dominance in helping Wavves turn indie rock into high school with this new video from their '09 LP 200 Million Thousand. "Let It Grow" hits its bloodshot-eyed stride early and does little to shift course over three minutes of ramshackle gutter punk, but its Matt Dilmore-directed video evolves as i...