Cloudspeakers

If you're coming to the second MGMT album because you loved "Time to Pretend", "Kids", and "Electric Feel", there's the door. No such moments exist on Congratulations. Hell, there aren't even faile... Read more

It feels like there used to be dozens of bands like Sonny & the Sunsets, but damned if I could nail down exactly who they were. I get that feeling from a lot of the current wave of throwback San Fr... Read more

One of the most exciting things about today's underground dance music is that it's avoiding the mistakes of the past. As sounds mutate and gain attention from armchair dance fans, they're less like... Read more

Fifteen years ago, people were having actual arguments about who was better: Damon Albarn or Noel Gallagher? Good times. Gallagher's biggest contribution to this century was getting blindsided, whi... Read more

When Yeasayer debuted in 2007 with All Hour Cymbals, they were a Brooklyn art-pop group intriguingly out of step with their peers. They carried an air of mystery and surprise, and at their best ("2... Read more

Ever since Hot Chip started as indie kids seemingly dabbling in classic soul and modern R&B, they've been underestimated (not least of which by us). Delivering lines about "20-inch rims" and "Y... Read more

Remember that "Simpsons" Treehouse of Horror where the Krusty the Clown doll was trying to murder Homer? Turned out the problem was that the doll had been set to "evil," and with a flick of the wri... Read more

The producers of "VH1 Storytellers" must have thought they'd struck gold when Kanye West agreed to appear on the program. He was already responsible for four (and soon to be five) of the most WTF/O... Read more

The new Weezeralbum picks up where the last one left off, which was highlighted by a return to uptempo singles trading in an offbeat sense of humor and an unironic embrace of fun rock'n'roll (see "... Read more

In one way or another, Nellie McKay has spent a decent chunk of her fruitful career paying tribute to Doris Day. Openly embracing the jazz and vocal standards of the Tin Pan Alley era, McKay, like ... Read more