Bloc Party has been working hard ever since they elusively decamped to New York in the winter of 2011 to create their fourth studio album Four — a welcome surprise for fans who mourned the band’s earlier announced “break-up”. While repetitive synthesizer anthems blow in a through breeze  and Okereke’s vocals escalate from mild annoyance […]

You gotta give it to Battles, they certainly know how to give the people what they want. If what they want is girls licking ice cream cones while lounging naked in the tub, doing martial arts and gettig busy with a spirited paint fight. Anchored by one of rock’s best drummers (Helmet’s John Stanier), NYC’s […]

DEVO are the ultimate populists. To decide which tracks will make the final cut on their album, they’re not listening to their label execs, heeding the advice of music insiders or consulting their gurus. Instead, they’ve chosen to allow you, loyal music enthusiasts and DEVO fans, to elect which 12 songs (of the 16 they […]