Italian online TV station QOOB held a fan-made video contest for Erlend Øye-project The Whitest Boy Alive, and the winning clip is a treat for your computer-burned retinas. Vid-maker Mauro Vecchi sets some famous optical illusions to the laggard, dry...

Way back in September '05, we mentioned the lawsuit Tom Waits initiated over an ad campaign run by a German division of GM, mimicking his vocal style without permission. And we ran a Tom quote on the issue, just 'cause...

It's flapper girls, confession booths, and post-war period-piece attire in this rather stylish "coming attraction" type vid for one of our fave Cold War Kids tunes, "Hang Me Up To Dry." The Mallory Bros. (White Stripes, Foo Fighters) produced and...

While Googling your ex-girlfriend's name at work, ever wish, "what would really make this net-sleuthing session great is an image of Meat Loaf, looking down on me knowingly, saying 'I'd do anything for love -- even that?'" Well your deviant...

Twice a week we dig up a music video so ill-conceived it's no wonder MTV stopped playing the damn thing. But hey, at least we learned something... "Don't Give Up" Peter Gabriel (Feat. Kate Bush), 1986 THE CONCEPT Peter Gabriel...

Everybody's-MySpace-friend Lily Allen is on the verge of a US invasion, beginning with a 2/3 performance on SNL and followed by a string of big city shows -- making this a perfect time for loudmouthing. And we bit. Here's Lily's...

Less exciting that crawling inside Thom's iPod, sure, but we're always curious to know what's rocking our favorite artists' headphones. And since today is Office day, why not go with Jim Halpert's favorite band? The Shins keyboard man Marty Crandall...

Sometimes we have Gilmore Girls nights. Especially when we're asked (forced) to. And though Gilmore always throws in indie references, this exchange seemed a little over the top (starting with pregnant Lane's Eddie Argos love). Watch it here, sorta halfway...

The latest buzzy sensations from the UK are The View, and we'll be the first to admit that we're plenty late with 'em (we've had just about enough of the bratty, post-Libertines ska-punk-rock-what-have-you). Listened a bit awhile back, didn't think...

Pardon the NY-centric news for a second, guys; if you've never been on the Lower East Side, you (hopefully) know nothing of the cheeseball-attracting, blemish of a club called Libation. Its recent closing was enough to get blogs talking, giving...

The Clap's 1AM show at Mercury was officially the worst kept "secret" in NYC yesterday (err, today?). A long line of ticket holders and list dwellers froze while the door was sorted, and we (like good little concert whores) stayed...

In the mood for love, indie kids? Released this week in the UK is It's A Beautiful Thing: Indie Love Songs, a collection of, yep, Indie Love Songs. (We love explanatory album titles.) Here's the tracklist:01. "English Rose" - The...

Via Billboard:Sources tell Billboard.com a contract could be signed as soon as today for Live Nation to produce a 40-date amphitheatre tour by Van Halen this summer, with original frontman David Lee Roth back in the fold for the first...

Every week, we encourage you to let your guard down, crawl out of the indie rock bunker, and embrace your guilty pleasures. You're welcome... Ska Music: Five reasons to love Toots AND the Maytals: 1. Horns! A liability, you say?...

Did you tune in for last night's American Idol? Hell you know even W. was sneaking a peek before he walked the corridor and congratulated Pelosi. Well if you watched, you remember the heavy-set, goateed, "Stormy Monday" singing man from...