Australian synth/dance-pop trio Cut Copy are at work on their self-produced (and self-pronounced) Tusk-influenced third album. The rhythmic, anthemic (“yeah, yeah, yeah, woo”), smeary, and psychedelic “Where I’m Going”’s likely appearing on said record. Much of it reminds me of the Beac...

Those three along with Mark Ronson, Cool Kids, and producers like Bloodshy & Avant, Pharrell, Just Blaze, Swizz Beats, etc. It's for M5's Call And Response: The Remix Album, which came out yesterday via Octone. Stream it all at Maroon 5's MySpace and see what happens when Adam Levine puts his voice in Kevin Barnes's hands.

Like many Pitchfork readers-- guessing here-- I'm not too terribly familiar with Maroon 5 catalogue outside of a couple of the big radio hits. What I've heard, anyway, strikes me as being pretty decent as far as these corporate rock bands go, and Adam Levine at least has a voice completely distinct from all the gruff, throaty losers who sprang u...

The weekend of March 27-28, 2009, soon-to-be-sweaty throngs looking to dance will make their annual bee-line to Miami for the Ultra Music Festival. The 11th annual Ultra fest goes down at the city's Bicentennial Park, bringing with it performances from Bloc Party, Cut Copy, Santogold, Crystal Castles, Simian Mobile Disco, Hercules & Love...

Yelpy Australian electro dude Muscles has turned his aggression towards a new target: his label, Modular, and their Nevereverland tour. As previously reported, this year's edition of Nevereverland celebrates Modular's 10th anniversary and features a lineup that includes Cut Copy, Hercules and Love Affair, Klaxons, the Whitest Boy Alive, the Pres...