Thursday it'll be worth the cab fare (or long walk, aka my plan) to check out Gorilla Vs. Booze, where a bunch of the "buzz" bands playing multiple SXSW sets can be seen together: Here We Go Magic, the Golden Filter, Outsider/Insider Wavves, and Vivian Girls, among others. If you want to stick closer to the strip, stop by Vaya Con Tacos for My O...

REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE, the new band of Stratovarius mastermind Timo Tolkki has issued the following update on their official website:"THE WINNER OF THE GUITAR COMPETITION AND ANOTHER MP3 FOR YOU TO DOWNLOADThe Lottery was done 3.3.2009 from ove...

You should give money to Jersey City, New Jersey radio station WFMU during this year's pledge drive, which runs through March 15. Why? Because it's a bastion of independence in an increasingly corporate world. Not convinced? Well, maybe a track-by-track covers album devoted to Paul and Linda McCartney's 1971 LP Ram featuring a bunch of indie ro...

The scene in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou where Sigur Rós's "Starálfur" bubbles up on the soundtrack is one of my favorite goosebump moments of the past decade of film, proof positive that the exact right match of song and visual can elevate even a mess of a movie like that one.So credit Irish writer/director Neil Jo...

Metric are lightening up. A little. While the Toronto-based band's music has always leaned toward the upbeat-- shock-treatment new wave, dance, and rock-- its worldview is usually anything but. Whether singer and main lyricist Emily Haines is railing against war ("Succexy"), stagnant art ("Dead Disco"), or an increasingly overbearing world ("The...