Two generations of noisy art-punk came together on one stage as Bob Mould joined No Age at the San Francisco Noise Pop Festival. They play the latter's "Miner" followed by the Hüsker Dü classic "New Day Rising". (via Prefix)

It may seem like No Age's Dean Spunt and Randy Randall spend all of their time in sweaty basements and lofts banging out their dream-punk jams, but the pair also share an extra-musical passion: skateboarding. And these dudes aren't kidding around-- they have a half-pipe in their backyard. And they've even been skating with Ryan Adams in Australi...

The insanely ambitious Canadian hardcore warriors in Fucked Up are on a very serious roll these days. First, they cranked out The Chemistry of Common Life, one of last year's most viscerally satisfying slabs of posi-rage. Then they played a ridiculous 12-hour show in downtown Manhattan. Indirectly, they inspired this Rob Harvilla article, one ...

Imagine you have a friend who writes a blog all about cream puffs. People call him/her Puffy at the bar and then you have to explain to the uninitiated how the nickname isn't based on Sean Combs. And then that friend has a terrible day when none of his/her cream puffs come out right-- they're not fluffy enough, they're burnt, and so on. And this...

With bailout season in full effect, it's nice to see that it isn't only the biggies that are being spared. The folks at Free Yr Radio (a collaboration between Urban Outfitters and the Toyota Yaris) have made it their mission to give indie radio stations across the nation (all 10 of em'! hah) a leg up by bringing you the Free Yr Radio 2008 Benefi...