R.E.M. was the soundtrack to Robert Witchger’s summer job from hell.

Listening to Baltimore noise rockers Ponytail feels a bit like drinking a No Doz-Pop Rocks-Red Bull cocktail: think colorful sonic swirls mixed with pure adrenaline. Their album Ice Cream Spiritual (We Are Free) is for sale June 17 and they’re touring the East Coast with Joan of Arc this summer; New Yorkers, check ‘em out [...]

LadyX swears he was supposed to be a rebound, nothing more. But with one Rob Dougan album, something changed forever.

We cornered Pela frontman Billy McCarthy on a sidewalk in Brooklyn to ask about his Ruined Music story…
Pela teaser 1 from ruined music on Vimeo.
…and then he ran away because it was time to rock. He’s promised to tell you the rest of his story soon, so check back!

A hot, sweaty summer and a Foo Fighters album added up to romance for Kim S. and a handsome stranger… but there was one thing she couldn’t tell him.

Dark Meat are from Athens, Georgia. Bryan saw them at the Vice SXSW party this year and says it was a riotous time - he was picking confetti out of his hair long after he returned to Brooklyn.
When we caught up with frontman Jim McHugh the band was in Denver, waiting out a bad storm [...]

Young Lauren Hopkins Karcz was a rock. An island, if you will. A fortress deep and mighty. Or was she?

There were only three people in the world who could help Aicila get over the loss of her favorite Peter Bjorn and John CD. Their names were Peter, Bjorn, and John.

Sometimes falling in love with a city is just as risky as falling in love with a human being. Jennie Weinberger explains.

Jennson got caught in a bizarre love triangle: him, his long-distance girlfriend, and a nefarious James Taylor fan.