What can you say about Tinted Windows, the totally real quasi-supergroup of former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos, Taylor the cute Hanson, and Fountains of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger? Their future's so bright, they gotta wear shades. "Kind of a Girl", the first song from the new foursome, is straight...

It still seems weird that indie rapper Cage is buddies with Shia LaBeouf. Like, what do they do together aside from hopping on Transformers cars and planning the upcoming Cage biopic starring LaBeouf, which is apparently still on. Who knows. Well, it seems like the two separated long enough for Cage to finish his long-awaited follow-up to 2005's...

Cage The Elephant have announced details of a new UK tour for May.

The last time I saw psycho-rap veteran Cage onstage, he was lying on the floor, repeatedly ramming his head into the monitors. And he was doing this while rapping. So when he gets around to busting out the brand-new "Nothing Left to Say" onstage, it's easy to imagine him going full-on Iggy Pop, busting bottles over his face and shit. Cage hasn't...

+ A couple weeks back, when Animal Collective were forced to cancel a date at L.A.'s Henry Fonda Theatre, the band seemed sincerely bummed about it. To make up for it, they've scheduled two new L.A. gigs this month: February 26 at the Henry Fonda Theatre and February 27 at the Troubadour. The Fonda gig will honor all tickets for the cancelled s...