Crystal Castles, live in Iceland
Photo by Andrew Parks
We sift the ‘net for today’s top stories so you don’t have to…
- Grails relaunched their Black Tar Prophecies series.
- The A.V. Club delivered a definitive guide to emo that’s actually good.
- The Beastie Boys revealed some details about their next record, Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 1.
- Richard Lloyd started recruiting members for his new metal band.
- Neon Indian interviewed Peter Gabriel for Stereogum.
- Sasu Ripatti (a.k.a. Vladislav Delay) is rebooting his old Sistol alias.
- The Guardian previewed a new box set from The La’s.
- School of Seven Bells readied their second full-length record.
- Best Coast released a new 7-inch that’s available with a special pair of headphones.
- Crystal Castles‘ new music video suggests they may have a sense of humor after all.
- Wolf Parade unveiled a couple new cuts, and that crazy dude from Frog Eyes blew up Spencer Krug’s spot by revealing his former life in a ska band.
- Mogwai’s got a lot on tap for the coming year.
- UNKLE shared a playlist with Spotify users.
- The “ginger kid” in M.I.A.’s new video has spoken out.
- Beatport spoke to Moby.
- Iggy Pop ignored his own stage-diving ban.
- PiL are filming a documentary at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn.
- Mark E. Smith cut a song for the World Cup.
- The Quietus sat down with Zola Jesus.
- Florence & the Machine tore through a new track in Dublin.
- The Horrors remixed Chapel Club.
- Damian of Fucked Up had some choice words about his home city, Toronto.
- Gonjasufi shared his favorite people, places and things with Pitchfork.
- Hanson (yes, Hanson) played a two-hour show in New York. Spin was there; we, thankfully, were not.
- We Are Scientists are apparently back.
- The Dead Weather performed their new record on MySpace.
- Strangeglue interviewed Beta Band’s former frontman, Steve Mason.
- The Black Keys lined up a lengthy tour for their new album.
- PopMatters celebrated the 35th anniversary of Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks album.
