OurStage's leaders in Alt. Rock

Prime Meridian
Currently ranked number 1 in the Alt. Rock channel.A neat little diddy that's all about feeling stuck in life even though you have the potential to do...

My Number Three
Currently ranked number 2 in the Alt. Rock channel.

Under These Stars
Currently ranked number 3 in the Alt. Rock channel.

If You Don't Mind
Currently ranked number 4 in the Alt. Rock channel.

Draped In Blue
Currently ranked number 5 in the Alt. Rock channel.

River Cities Reader - Featured Music Articles

This Week at Daytrotter
We here at Daytrotter have been overjoyed with the response to the last two Daytrotter Presents shows at Huckleberry's -- Amos Lee/Shelley Sh...

Letter from the President
To blues it may concern: Peace and blues to you all, and welcome to the 2008 IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival. Come hell or high wat...

One More Seed: Carolina Chocolate Drops: Thursday, 8:30 p.m., Adler Theatre
Three years ago, the Black Banjo Gathering was held in North Carolina to celebrate quot;the African American heritage of the banjo, which has no...

gorillavsbear.net

"a thing to do..."
"List your favorite record from every year you’ve been alive."rumours (1977)Well, this was fun. The following exercise was inspired by this post (wh...

nothing
"From the rocks and waves of the west coast of Sweden Tiedye explores and develops the sounds of dreaming disco, windblowing pop and gruyèresmelling ...

new lil' wayne video: "a milli"
This is almost remarkably similar to the scene when I saw Weezy in San Diego earlier this year, except in the video he's rolling with less white girls...

Largehearted Boy

Shorties
The New York Times reviews James Frey's novel, Bright Shiny Morning. Frey is lazy about his lazy prose — so lazy, in fact, that some readers will b...

Daily Downloads (Ryan Adams, Drive-By Truckers, and more)
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Drive-By Truckers: 2008-07-22, Minneapolis [mp3,ogg,flac] "Love Like This" [mp3] other Drive-By Truckers music ...

Shorties
Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear talks about the band's next album with Billboard. The Schenectady Daily Gazette offers its summer reading suggestions. s...

Stereogum

Premature Evaluation: Beck - Modern Guilt
It's been some time since we learned Modern Guilt, Beck Hansen's eighth album, would be some sort of psych rock minimalist '60s trip with Danger Mouse...

New Xiu Xiu Video - "Master of the Bump (Kurt Stumbaugh, I Can Feel the Soil Falling Over My Head)"
From ashes beneath a workout bench, dreams of loss, "you leave me out on the steps you dress me up like a boy," and Celine references (Journey To The ...

Band To Watch: Hospital Ships
As we pass saturation point for press coverage of Montreal, Portland, Brooklyn and et cetera, it seems Lawrence, Kansas is poised for its coming turn ...

yewknee.com

Happy 4th
Everyone have a great weekend and don't celebrate like this guy.

Friday Videos - June 3rd, 2008 (Thursday Edition)
Joysticks: The Movie Life Is Just An Illusion Citreon CX ToeJam (nsfw sfw) Light Bulbs.. wtf? How I Make Brea...

1.618
I mentioned this concept a long time ago but it bears repeating that 1.618 is a site that you need to bookmark, RSS, whatever it takes to remind you t...

You Aint No Picasso

The Unicorns' "Live at Rhino's" DVD finally sees release
The Unicorns do "Abominable Snowman" (a song later turned into an Islands song) at Rhino's People think I'm crazy, but I think the Unicorns are one of...

TODAY: De Novo Dahl celebrate the 4th of July with a FREE show in Downtown Lexington
Indie-poppers and YANP-favs De Novo Dahl are playing a free show downtown in Lexington today as a part of CD Central's Independence Day party. They're...

Black Moth Super Rainbow: "Happy Melted City"
Good news, fans of wacked out weirdo tunes! Black Moth Super Rainbow are going to be releasing a rarities/obscurities record Dripper later this year. ...

Popsheep

"shit happens"
Wonder Wheel - She Lies, I Wait...

Come and Take it.
From within the walls, it is a peaceful place. Le nationalism est une betise is a non-scalable argument. So 'Come and Take it'.Fantastic Magic - Flow...

Thursday, 10PM
For those out of touch with home:Himalayan Bear - Sounds Are Birds,from ...attacks the brilliant air.There is a croon that bleeds into the final track...

Pitchfork Media - Today

Pitchfork.tv: Liz Phair: Guyville Redux (One Week Only)
We're taking the holiday off (be safe with the fireworks, kids), but we'll leave you with another feature film on Pitchfork.tv. If you've been paying ...

The Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases: Summer '08
Welcome once again to the Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases, our seasonal guide to upcoming releases! This installment covers a wide swath of the c...

Pitchfork.tv: July 3: Stephen Malkmus / Xiu Xiu / Asobi Seksu / Free Blood
In one fortnight, we here at Pitchfork (and hopefully you, too, dear reader) will congregate in Chicago's Union Park for the annual Pitchfork Music Fe...

The Catbirdseat - Indie Music, Culture, and Commentary

The Subpop Singles Club Is Back
I mentioned back in April that the Subpop Singles Club was coming back. Well, IT’S BACK. AS IN NOW. This year’s run (”version 3.0...

Music Tapes, Windmill, John Francis
Merge is releasing the first new material from The Music Tapes (ex-Neutral Milk Hotel) since way back in the 20th Century. Music Tapes for Clouds and...

The July Mix/Podcast Is Posted
The Catbirdseat July Mix/Podcast has been posted. And to hell with “the jump,” here’s the tracklist right here: Let’s Get St...

Chromewaves

CONTEST - The Duke Spirit / Neptune
Photo by Ben CorriganMy first couple times through The Duke Spirit's second album Neptune, way back in March, my impressions were that it was a remark...

Rewind
Photo via We Are Soldiers We Have GunsI'd never heard of Spanish site Buffet Libre before, but they've made a hell of a first impression with their en...

In The Middle Of The Night
Photo by Frank YangWhile I'm the last person to look a gift stat holiday in the mouth, I don't think I'm such a fan of those that drop in the middle o...

brooklynvegan

Free 'folk' shows on Governors Island - 2008 schedule
2008 July 05 - Janis Ian July 12 - Slaid Cleaves July 19 - Bearfoot July 26 - Eric Bibb Aug 02 - Ronny CoxOutdoor concerts. Free admission & ferry s...

What's going on Friday? (4th of July)
Fireworks store (cred) today in NYC * Fireworks * FREE STUFF * DANCE STUFF * Afro-Punk Festival * Japanther @ Bodega * Frankie Bones @ Studio B * ...

Jane Vain & The Dark Matter - MP3 & Sled Island pics
DOWNLOAD: Jane Vain & The Dark Matter - C'mon Baby Say Bang Bang (MP3) Spin if you like Cat Power. More pics from Jane Vain & The Dark Matter's Sat...

Muzzle of Bees | Music Blog

The Hive :: Weekend MP3’s :: Volume 26
In effort to raise awareness about upcoming releases as well as finding a place for the numerous submissions we get, this post continues our weekly pu...

Review: Thievery Corporation - Summerfest, Milwaukee
Happy July 4th y'all. This one goes out to all the break dancers, be-boppers, freestylers and DJ's. Last night Theivery Corporation took off at Mil...

Beck :: Modern Guilt
Beck drops the Danger Mouse produced Modern Guilt next week. Clocking in around the 30 minute mark over the course of 10 tracks makes this one disapp...

KQED: Arts & Culture

Film Review: Gonzo: The Life & Times of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
The choice Alex Gibney faced when he set to making a documentary about writer and counterculture icon Hunter Thompson was whether to pierce the manic ...

Music Review: Americana
So much of listening to music is about context. The same tune can sound completely different depending on where, when, and how you hear it. Equally, t...

Art Review: Jean Cocteau at SFMOMA
In Blood of a Poet, the first film in Jean Cocteau's Orphic trilogy, photographer Lee Miller stars as a statue who comes to life. Other images in the ...

Culturespill

The Perils of Political Songwriting
Steve Earle Few albums illustrate the dangers of an intersection between politics and art more profoundly than Steve Earle's The Revolution Starts No...

The White Stripes: The Elephant in the Room
Browse any number of music forums and message boards around the web sometime and search for threads related to The White Stripes. Invariably you will ...

Flashback: The Kinks’ “State of Confusion”
When Malcom McLaren's term "New Wave" landed in the lap of Seymour Stein at Sire Records, where the phrase was promptly used to soften the image of th...