We were in New York last weekend picking up some staples and paper clips from the mother office and happened to catch an intimate set with Tally Hall while in town. The band was just coming off tour with Chicago band Skybox and afterward Tally Hall drummer Ross Federman -- who also DJs under the moniker MR.F -- remarked how well Skybox's single In A Dream" would fit over OMC's "How Bizarre" and Ludacris' "Roll Out (My Business)." We thought he was joking. Then THIS showed up in our inbox yesterday. more ›

We discovered The Spinto Band through a friend's single of the month club.Immediately we fell in love with the first tune we heard, the sweetly chiming shoulda-been feel-good hit of that summer, "Mandy." The group rode a mild wave of buzz for a while, some of it driven by just how ridiculously young the band was in contrast with how good their songwriting chops already were. And then they wisely dropped out of sight before the blog-buzz backlash could turn on them. more ›

Whilst we have gone on and on about how much we enjoy The Changes, suffice it to say that their CD release show last Friday went swimmingly. We admit we could have done without the disco dancing encore of "Twilight," especially since it followed a hipstertastic cover of Judas Priest's "Living After Midnight," but one misstep could not ruin an otherwise joyous affair. And by joyous we mean the band was tight and beaming, and... more ›