Above: T-shirt designs by Jay Reatard and MGMTHey, you know when you're in a band and a venerable soft-porn magazine asks you to design a T-shirt? What? It happens.It's been happening for a couple of years now, actually. Since 2007, Playboy has been doing an annual promotion called Rock the Rabbit, wherein musicians design T-shirts inspired by ...

The Kooks' frontman Luke Pritchard is set to join forces with French band The Dø to record a series of cover versions.

Last September, Pitchfork reported that Astralwerks would be releasing Heroes, a benefit compilation for War Child, a charity that helps kids stranded in war zones across the world. Heroes has a pretty simple and great concept: Music legends pick the songs of theirs they want to hear covered and the younger artists they want to have cover their ...

Attendees of the Rhythm & Vines Festival will be among the first folks to ring in the New Year for two reasons: 1) The festival takes place at Waiohika Estate in Gisborne, New Zealand, which is thisclose to the International Date Line, and 2) Rhythm & Vines actually starts on December 29.The festivities continue until January 1, ...

Remember when Seth Cohen was obsessed with Death Cab for Cutie and you were like "Fuck, now my favorite band is ruined forever." Or you were like "Awesome! Now my favorite band can gain lots of new fans and make lots of money!"? Well get ready for that to happen many, many times over. Josh Schwartz, the genius (or idiot, depending on where you s...