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The last we talked about local power-poppers I Fight Dragons, the band was signing on to Atlantic Records. Now they've got a nifty new hand-animated video by Grey Gerling for "The Faster The Treadmill." As for the band's success, they'll go even wider when one of their songs - "Heads Up, Hearts Down," which, like "Treadmill," we first heard on their Cool Is Just A Number EP - will play during tomorrow night's finale of MTV's The Hills. But as for the below video, the description is as follows: more ›

Some kids reenact a scene from MTV's "The Hills" and we find it far more riveting than the real thing. more ›

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All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we've been doing! Gothamist headed into the Memorial Day weekend with a number of tasks accomplished. They worried about Long Islanders giving New Yorkers a bad name. They tried... more ›

It’s been a harsh week, hasn’t it? First, we had to walk through a blizzard, prove our love on Valentine’s Day and then it got cold again. The rest of the week they piled work on us here at the office, and now we have to decide what tickets to buy for upcoming shows. Life is just hard sometimes. Too bad the John Legend and Corinne Bailey Rae show didn’t go on sale earlier; it... more ›

We’ve been a little lax in our American Idol viewing in the past few seasons. We got into it last year when sexy Chris Daughtry started to win, and then felt both a little let down and a little justified when Taylor Hicks won. more ›

We’re less than a month away from Ctrl – Alt –Rock, version 2.0 (February 8 at Double Door) and we’re now convinced that we’ve assembled a lineup so powerful that all other rock bands have fled for the hills. more ›

Howdy little doggies, the Roundup got in late yesterday as our wagontrain kept crashing. But not to worry, we're here with the best of the rest this week. Let's all snuggle up around the Firefox while yer Uncle Chicagoist tells y'all a story! Lynn Sweet is practically a political blogger, hopping on whatever Obama bandwagon is coming along at the moment. Flogging Obama's "drug use" is sure to be something that the bottom-feeder columnists will... more ›

Eddie Blazonczyk, Jr., The Versatones more ›