-- The new Black Lips LP, 200 Hundred Million Thousand, is out February 24 on Vice and its cover is still giving us a headache. The band-- currently playing all over India-- just extended their tour through May. The Atlanta troublemakers are also holding a video contest for first single "Starting Over" over at Vimeo. Uploads will be accepted thr...

Remember Bonnaroo, dude? Yeah? Aw man, you must not've really been there, then.We'll spare you the burnout logic and, instead, point permafried attendees of the annual lovefest to Live From Bonnaroo 2008, a DVD compiling highlights from the most recent ‘Roo. It's due in January from Superfly Entertainment and A.C. Entertainment.Featuri...

Lou Reed and Berlin producer Bob Ezrin had their eyes on a stage adaptation of this depressing narrative before the record even came out, but its commercial failure ended that prospect-- at least until 2006, when various arts luminaries around New York led Reed and Evrin to revive the record for a four-night run at Brooklyn's St. Ann's Warehous...

It spans three weeks, about as many performing arts genres as you can muster, and all kinds of venues in the most populous city in Australia. And as you might imagine, the lineup for the Sydney Festival-- going down all over Sydney, Australia January 10-31, 2009-- is quite a thing to behold. Santogold, Bon Iver, Bill Callahan, Sharon Jones and t...

Every so often, the folks from Fordham University's non-commercial, listener-supported WFUV ring up their favorite bands and invite 'em into the studio for an on-air session. Somewhat less often, WFUV files through the recent offerings and compiles the best ones onto a nifty CD. The 11th installment in that series-- FUV Live Volume 11, wouldn't ...