The follow-up to 'Lead Sails, Paper Anchor' is now under way.Atreyu frontman Alex Varkatzas has spoken out about the band's forthcoming fifth studio album."We started as a heavy hardcore band, and I think we've gotten away from that in recent years," says Varkatzas. "The last record, for example, showcased us ...

We all have to spend, even in a recession, so why not bank with Citibank and spend smarter? That's the premise of a new commercial in which folks share everyday examples of fiscal prudence. Citigroup has seen better days (I'm a finance scientist, obviously): the company's splitting in two on the heels of accepting billion in federal bailout mon...

Virgil Griffith is a 25-year-old grad student at Caltech, and in his spare time he makes elaborate charts comparing people's SAT scores to their tastes in music and books. And you know what that means: Caltech grad students have way too much spare time.That's the main thing I've learned from Music That Makes You Dumb, Griffith's latest viral in...

Photo by Kyle GustafsonRight now, Radiohead is so universally beloved that it becomes news whenever any prominent artist says anything remotely bad about them. (Well, in our universe it's news, anyway.) So when Cure frontman Robert Smith sniffed at Radiohead's In Rainbows pay-what-you-want pricing model, we reported on it. And now Smith has c...

You probably have that one person at work you can count on for expertise about a certain style of music. Scott and I have that a guy like that. The difference between our go-to and yours, though, is our dude happens to be a leading critical voice in the genre and lovingly curates its best monthly showcase in NYC. In return we teach him all about...