Slowly, but surely. That seems to be the motto of Green Day these days. Since captivating all of us “American Idiots” back in 2004 (yeah, it’s been that long!) and the subsequent gathering of “idiots” all around this “Idiot Nation” (yeah, that was intentional), Billy Joe and Co. have spent the last couple years doing [...]

Kalliopi, already a well-known singer-songwriter and accomplished actress in her native Greece, seems poised for even greater success judging by her EP Around The World, which was released earlier this year. With a voice that recalls some of the best female talent of the 1990s (from one song to the next she can sound like [...]

Keeping up with the Hootenany theme that’s earmarked its latest release, Weezer is back at it with another video. This time it’s for “Troublemaker”, the album opener off of this year’s self titled, sixth album (a.k.a. The Red Album) from the California rockers. Considering Rivers Cuomo has pretty much done about everything one can with [...]

One of the original industrial acts, Ministry started out as a darker synthpop band on the same level as The Cure or The Smiths, only they were American. Eventually, its darker influences and mindset transformed the band into industrial music heavyweights. You don’t really imagine this band playing “Pictures of You”, now do you?
Scaling back [...]

With all the SNL fun out of the way, The Killers is now in 100% campaign mode, ahead of the forthcoming release of its brand new studio album, Day & Age, due out November 25th via Island Records. Feather coats and weird singles covers aside, the Las Vegas outfit appears quite committed to go all [...]

If Oasis was to be an actor, then it would probably be the late Rodney Dangerfield (at least here, in America). The band just “don’t get no respect” in the states. How else would you describe a group whose first two albums, Definitely Maybe and (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, consistently [...]

For all that Moby has done in his 15+ year career, you’d think the New York native would know a thing or two about the state of music. So when the DJ announced his latest creative endeavor, Last Night Remixed, with a comment like the one below, well, we’re going to take the man for [...]

Welcome to October, ladies and gentlemen. From the looks of it, it seems like Letterman wins this week, but that’s not too hard with Jimmy Kimmel on vacation and literally every band on the road. Nonetheless, he has a great schedule, and in fact, it’s one the greatest assembled since we started the Late Night [...]

Before you know it, Thanksgiving will be upon us, then Christmas, and then well, say hello to 2009. Sure it’s still a few months off, but between all the new festival dates and newly unveiled plans of Depeche Mode, it may be time to pick up a 2009 calender…just for organizational purposes.
During a press conference [...]

It’s depressing that Ben Folds is considered “innovative” on releases that aren’t specifically his. Whether he’s lounging out with Weird “Al” Yankovic or laying down beats for William “Kirk” Shatner, it’s always more interesting and daring than his actual material under his own name. It’s as if the modern piano man himself is terrified at [...]

Lil Wayne appears pretty intent in making Kanye work for his self-declared “hardest working rapper” title. Since released Tha Carter III in all its much anticipated glory, the Louisiana native has been working overtime. Between touring, which included a stop at the Virgin Festival, and some dabbling in the profession of blogging - which he [...]

The town of Calexico, California prides themselves on being the perfect blend of American Culture and Mexican Culture. In fact, the name Calexico comes from the Cal in California and the -exico of Mexico, put together. And much like the town they named themselves after, Tuscan’s own Calexico is caught between [...]

Turns out Taking Back Sunday’s career as “chefs” was short-lived. After spending the last few months hanging with My Chemical Romance and hitting up Reading and Leeds, the Long Island based outfit has unveiled plans to begin work on its long awaited follow up to 2006’s Louder Now.
While details remain sketchy, the currently untitled album, [...]

Despite being a bit Lost at the moment, Coldplay did manage to make an appearance long enough over the weekend to unveil details of Prospekt’s March, its forthcoming EP scheduled to hit stores just in time for Christmas.
Scheduled for release on November 25, just three weeks after the digital only Lost! EP will see light, [...]

Just in case you didn’t stop by our Festival Outlook page this weekend, lets try to kick off your weekend with a bang, shall we?
As if the forthcoming Fun Fun Fun Fest wasn’t already mind-numbing enough (The National, Bad Brains, Atmosphere, and Dead Milkmen all in one place on weekend!) the Austin, Texas based music [...]

Typically, I am the type of person who prefers an album of mostly lyrical compositions, with a few savory instrumentals intertwined within. This seems to go against what frontman Stuart Braithwaite (of Mogwai) might believe, as he’s stated inherently recently, “I think most people are not used to having no lyrics to focus on. Lyrics [...]

If one were to head over to myanimalhome.net at this very second, one would stumble on to what is pretty much the most confusing website ever. While words can’t really sum up what exactly appears, other than the fact that there is video of a hissing fish backed by some hard-to-read text, it does appear [...]

Just because you live in a city of no more than 100,000, doesn’t mean you can’t have your own university, professional football team, or even…music festival. After all, take lovely Green Bay, Wisconsin for example. Betwen the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the Packers, and the newly unveiled OKOBOS Music Festival, the cheese town certainly offers [...]

Last weekend, Consequence of Sound descended on Austin, TX with pens, paper, and lenses to take on the seventh annual Austin City Limits Music Festival. Over the last week, we’ve shared our results in the form of recaps, reviews, and lots and lots of photos.
Just in case you missed anything, which is of course [...]