It’s time for another installment of Lolla Loopholes, where we at Consequence of Sound help you make  decisions regarding some serious band conflicts at Lollapalooza. Today we’ll be focusing on another Day 1 conflict, The Black Keys vs Gogol Bordello! The Black Keys are a bluesy duo from Akron, Ohio, who [...]

Moving down the long chain of rock history, we come to a link which has been long forgotten. Essentially each link of the rock and roll chain represents influential musicians who somewhere along the way have shaped the music we listen to today. Artists such as James Brown, Jimi Hendrix , and Elvis Presley will [...]

Well folks, we’re only a few days away from the greatest Canadian festival of the summer. Nine Inch Nails, The Tragically Hip, The Flaming Lips, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Jay-Z, and Coldplay are all awaiting our screams and fists. Yes, the inaugural edition of the Pemberton Music Festival will officially kick off this Friday!
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The only way to sum up Blink-182 would have to be this: the culmination of any 13 year old pop-punk girls being. A friend of mine said it best, “With my blue hair and my short friend in tow, they were my boy band.” Fast, lewd, and crude, with youthful rebellion just [...]

On the heels of recent performances in Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, one which specifically turned out to be a great photo opportunity, Liz Phair has announced three new dates where fans of her 1993 classic, and recently reissued, Exile in Guyville, will be able to hear it performed live in its entirety.
Exile in [...]

Two years ago, New York’s own TV on the Radio released Return to Cookie Mountain to critical praise across the board, including high slots in Time’s, Pitchfork’s, and Rolling Stone’s Best of 2006 lists. Helped by singles “Wolf Like Me” and “Hours”, the critical darling received the stamp of approval by the likes of even [...]

After reuniting earlier this month at The National and having quite a bit of fun along the way, Denali has decided to keep on going, at least for the time being, with a couple more shows. While no extensive tour is planned, the Richmond, Virginia/Matt Friedman-approved rockers recently shared their future plans via myspace.
Well sheesh. [...]

Kanye West has done a lot of “interesting” stuff in the past couple of years. To refresh your memory, let’s dig up some old dirt, going as far back to September of 2005, after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. Mr. West, as well as comedian Mike Myers, thought it would be nice to show their [...]

With their sophomore effort, Loyalty To Loyalty, set to drop in less than two months, Cold War Kids have unveiled the first single off the forthcoming album. Though “Something Is Not Right With Me” has been performed live for sometime, including most recently at Celebrate Brooklyn, the California based band is now streaming the a [...]

Before every student filmmaker retooled their own version of their favorite song, most likely to litter YouTube, there used to be a caliber that one would reach when it came to directing first class, world renowned music videos. That might still be the case today, I don’t know because I can’t watch MTV or VH1 [...]

The newest addition to the fall will see an Australian invasion of sorts as not one, but two Aussie based groups will soon be hitting the road for a co-headlining North American Tour. Cut Copy will join fellow Modular labelmates and recent album releasers The Presets for the “Down Under Thunder Tour” begining in September. [...]

Rock the Bells is generally considered the premier North American hip hop festival, pretty much by default.  The tour kicked off at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL last weekend with a full day of beats, rhymes, and all the confusion and technical difficulties that have come to define the festival.
Guerilla Union, [...]

If you checked out last week’s Friday Mixtape, you may have noticed that Stereolab has a new tune entitled “Three Women”. The catchy little tune, backed by cool, Motown influenced beats, is in fact the first single off the band’s forthcoming album, Chemical Chords, set for release on August 19 via 4AD Records. The 14 [...]

There was a time where the latest fashion statement didn’t matter for bands that played loud, aggressive rock & roll. They lifted their middle finger in defiance and blazed their own power trail in which nobody could stop them. One of those bands, London’s very own power trio, The Screaming Blue Messiahs, certainly [...]

Backed by the fluorescent glow of their lit up logo and of cheers and chants uttered by the diehard fans filling up about half of the 25,000 person capacity Nissan Pavilion, 311 took the stage as part of Washington, D.C.’s stop in the 2008 Summer Unity tour. Within seconds the opening chords of “Down” rang [...]

It’d be a pretty safe assumption that outdoor music festivals are the bee’s knees nowadays. Every state has one and it almost seems by next summer, every city will have one too. It makes sense. With the truckload of bands coming off the presses each week, it’s hard to keep up with everything and anything [...]

Though as much as known now as it was when we first posted the initial lineup for the inaugural edition of the Minitek Festival, aside from a few new additions to the bill, the New York based electro-friendly event is quickly become one of the more anticipated events of the summer.
While still without an announced [...]

Just when we thought The Strokes were finally getting ready to begin work on their much-awaited fourth studio album, comes news that not one, but two members of the New York based band are currently engaged in new music activities. While between Albert Hammond’s Jr.’s flourishing solo career and Julian Casablancas work with Pharrell Williams [...]

Just like we reported on Friday, Paul Westerberg was true to his word and released his sixth solo album, oddly titled 49:00 …of your time life. However, things must have been odd on his end, as the album didn’t hit the net until midnight today, despite the alleged July 49th(19th) release date.
Westerberg has always been [...]