I remember seeing Califone in Cleveland close to a decade ago and being struck by how a seated Tim Rutili and his fellow multi-instrumental bandmates mesmerized a young crowd who were most likely there to see the headliner, Modest Mouse. It was one of those performances you didn't want to end: Each player clearly had a deep sense of composition,...

Earlier this morning it was Kate from Toronto on the Broken Social Scene beat. Here, a reader named Renee witnessed new Spoon during the band's three-night stand at Stubb's (7/9-11) and thought to forward the details (thanks, readers). The new songs were "I Saw The Light" and "Mystery Zone" plus "I Love Forever?" We have proof of the latter: It'...

Music-Photocalypse.net published pictures of Children Of Bodom playing on the first day (26th June) of Swedish Metaltown Open Air in Gothenburg. Check out the gallery here: http://music-photocalypse.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=188Finnish metalle...

Joe Elliot gives a thumbs up in the direction of fellow Download headliners, Faith No More.Joe Elliott has had a few kind words to say about Faith No More. The mighty alternative rock band will play their first shows in over a decade this week at Brixton Academy and Download ...

They performed it on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, so the One-Trick Pony track has something conceptual to its joyful, horn-lined lilt. Even if Fallon's jokes don't always work, his sound people generally do, and it's not surprising the Roots handle the instrumentation tightly and with swing (hello, summer). For his part, Simon looks fairly stok...