Jan 28, 2010

British songstress Florence Welch and her band the Machine have announced they'll be heading Stateside for a short string of dates, ending with an appearance at the Coachella Music Festival. We have the dates. More

Jan 28, 2010

Writer J.D. Salinger died today at his home in New Hampshire. He was 91. More

Jan 28, 2010

Hot on the heels of their summer-time pop worth release Astro Coast, Surfer blood have announced a slew of dates, that while not quite taking them into summer, will see them playing dates will into warmer months. We have the dates and their new video for "Swim."

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Jan 28, 2010

As part of KCRW's annual World Festival Series, British synth-pop duo Goldfrapp will be taking the stage at Los Angeles' famed Hollywood Bowl. This will be their debut performance at the venue. More

Jan 28, 2010

At Under the Radar we have no qualms about proclaiming our love for Hall and Oates. It came as welcome news to learn that LA duo The Bird and the Bee share our love, so much in fact that on March 23 they'll be releasing Guiltless Pleasures Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates. More

Jan 28, 2010

Broken Bells, the new collaboration between The Shins’ James Mercer and Danger Mouse has premiered its first video, “The High Road,” now streaming at MySpace. We have the video. More

Jan 27, 2010

Last week, Sweden held their P3 Guld Awards, where Fever Ray (aka Karin Dreijer) took the award for best Dance artist. The reigning queen of weird (what, you think Lady Gaga can best her stage show?) delivered a speech that's sure to keep fans moaning...er, talking. More

Jan 26, 2010

Drag City will now release Joanna Newsom's Have One on Me, worldwide on February 23rd, instead of the staggered release schedule we heard about earlier this month. And today, you can hear one song from her third LP. More

Jan 26, 2010

Animal Collective's and director Danny Perez's crazy film experiment ODDSAC premieres at the Sundance Film Festival tonight. For those that can't attend (most of us), the band just released this 30-second teaser trailer. More