Technically N.A.S.A. (North America/South America) = beatmakers Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon, but as you might've noticed when we posted The Spirit Of Apollo's "Gifted" -- featuring Kanye West, Santogold, and Lykke Li -- the project also includes a shitload of guest vocal spots. See, for example, the names listed after "feat." in the above headl...

Technically N.A.S.A. (North America/South Amferica) = beatmakers Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon, but as you might've noticed when we posted The Spirit Of Apollo's "Gifted" -- featuring Kanye West, Santogold, and Lykke Li -- the project also includes a shitload of guest vocal spots. See, for example, the names listed after "feat." in the above head...

Recently the Decemberists have issued three volumes of Always The Bridesmaid singles collections and been anachronistically featured in a Mad Men opening sequence, but now it's all about their Hazards Of Love. And it's got the sort of parenthetically inclined, waterlogged tracklist you'd expect to come from Colin's quill. Examples include "Annan...

The explosion of online music-video content has brought with it a corresponding surge of videos that really aren't much fun to watch. The clip for Portishead's "Magic Doors" is one example, but the resurgent English trio are far from the only guilty parties. At least the music, from this year's Third, is exquisite: eccentrically clonking percus...

That Smashing Pumpkins celebratory 25th Anniversary DVD, If All Goes Wrong, is out next week: The 2-disc set looks at SP's 2007 19-show comeback tour, also dedicating an entire disc to live footage from their 2007 residency at the Fillmore, San Francisco. When they did their California stand, Billy Corgan explained it to Spinner:The general idea...