In one of the funnier Saturday Night Live skits of late, longtime SNL staple Fred Armisen plays Ian Rubbish — fictional frontman of the punk band Ian Rubbish & the Bizzarros. It’s pretty clear from the History Of Punk skit that Armisen is a huge fan of the music, as his portrayal of a late […]

Let’s face it, 50 Cent has fallen off harder than fat people in slow motion. But every once in awhile, something new comes out and you hope it’ll have a song 1/4th as good as anything off Get Rich Or Die Trying (yeah right). Well now 50 put out a free mixtape of his latest […]

As everyone knows, LCD Soundsystem puppetmaster James Murphy decided to shut the band down last year, and announced a concert at Madison Square Garden on April 2nd, 2011 to act as their swan song. It was an incredibly bold move — rarely does a band break up at the peak of their popularity. Well it […]

For anyone living under a rock for the last 30 years, Henry Rollins was of course the former frontman for punk legends Black Flag, later going on to helm his own Lollapalooza era Rollins Band, as well as other solo efforts. Henry has also made several guest appearances on other artists’ (TOOL, Tommy Iommi, Les […]

Portland’s AgesandAges is a a seven piece allegedly non-cult band that refers to itself as a cult in the interview, so we’re confused. Considering the beautiful acoustic driven indie-folk AgesandAges play, however, we’d gladly spend a weekend in their foresty compound listening to them jam away — even if some dubious Kool-Aid were involved. Clearly […]

We don’t have any more rock stars. Sorry kids, thems the facts. Sure we have plenty of fame-reluctant indie bands floating around, talentless attention-starved pop stars clogging the airwaves, and more than enough material-obsessed rappers to fill the Mall of America, but we don’t have any Rock Stars. You know, guys like David Lee Roth […]

Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker jumps on Discodeine‘s lead single “Synchronize” from their self-titled debut full-length album (out February 14th on D-I-R-T-Y / Pschent). Comprised of Parisian producers Pentile and Pilooski — the latter who’s best known for his massive re-edits of tracks like Frankie Valli’s “Beggin’” — Discodeine convinced the Britpop legend Jarvis to go […]

Combining two of our favorite things — It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia and Kool Keith — it’s the new Dick Towel, this time in “Black”. Who better to sing its praises than the borderline insane, stream-of-consciousness rapping, erstwhile nuthouse-committed former Ultramagnetic MCs frontman? The results are a bit mixed, I’d expect more from the genius […]