Between the World Cup’s conclusion hijacking the standard operating procedure of most any establishment serving alcohol and space enough for a TV screen, and Jelly NYC’s Pool Parties kick off at the East River State Park, on Sunday the greater Williamsburg area was even more a playground of creatively outfitted drunken dilet...

The soundtrack to Lisa Cholodenko's upcoming Sundance hit The Kids Are All Right has been announced on Facebook.

December festival also features Deerhoof, Mike Watt and Scout Niblett

Last night at the Donaufestival in Lower Austria, Jamie Stewart collaborated with labelmates Deerhoof on a complete run-through of Joy Division’s 1979 debut Unknown Pleasures. Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier is sort of an honorary Xiu Xiu member, so things were likely pretty cozy. And now Stewart can now scratch covering a Joy Division r...

Rules To Rock By, by Josh Farrar, a new young-adult novel about a girl who pursues her dream of rock stardom and forms a band at her school