"Five today keeping with the theme that's sort of going on here this week, because well, it's summer, and damn it's HOT.1: DJ Prince - Come On Everybody Let's Drop It Like It's HotMore DJ Prince2: James Brown - Hot PantsBuy Star Time3: Beck - HotwaxBuy Odelay4: Led Zeppelin -..."

"June 12th - June 15th - NYC PopfestRecently, we had the opportunity to cover our first of hopefully many summer festivals, NYC Popfest. Three days, 24 bands and no major headliner. What drew me to this festival was the wide cultural range of bands, and the smaller feel of the..."

"Let’s get this straight. James Pants is a nerd and his music is odd. He’s like a guy you meet in the pub who says odd things but ends up being a good mate down the line. Signed to Stone Throw, after becoming an intern there and convincing Peanut Butter..."

"Who says early shows suck? NYC Popfest's happy hour show at Piano's was blast and Pants Yell!'s show in particular was a corker and may take the prize of Best Performance at NYC Popfest 2008. (I missed Tullycraft... more on why in a bit.) A tight cohesive trio with a..."

"A few years ago, who’d have thought that scrappy, oddball No Wave would have its own little Modern Library? It’s a testament to its decidedly hard to define, thorny nature that each of the following books is indispensable in its own way, offering up fresh takes on a scene that..."