Posted on May 17, 2010 by DJ Chas

It’s a two-for-one 45 today. Both Mayer Hawthorne and James Pants appear on this Stones Throw “promotional use only” release that first appeared on March 17th at SXSW.

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Greg

West Coast and East Coast meet at the center as LA-area band Local Natives brings Brooklyn’s Suckers along with them for two sold-out shows at Schubas.

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Greg

We ride along with Band of Horses to see if its third album, Infinite Arms belongs in the same fancy stable as its first two.

Posted on May 12, 2010 by DJ Chas

More vinyl goodness for you on 45 from new correspondent, DJ Chas: Love Me Good b/w If It Ain’t True by Ray Lugo’s L.E.S. EXPRESS featuring Roxie Ray.

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Greg

Scotland’s Frightened Rabbit roll into town to show off their new stable of misery anthems with local boys Maps and Atlases and Ann Arbor’s Our Brother the Native.

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Greg

Four bands descend on Schubas for the record release party of Rockford, IL power trio Geronimo!.

Posted on May 07, 2010 by Steve

The world’s best bar band releases Heaven is Whenever, their fifth record, but the first without a key member. Is Heaven a new road or a dead-end? The UnCool’s new Nerd Bird correspondent Steve weighs in.

Posted on May 06, 2010 by DJ Chas

The UnCool introduces new correspondent, DJ Chas, with his review of a vinyl 45, “Get it Together” b/w “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” from JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound.

Posted on May 06, 2010 by Greg

An army of keyboards and mixers swarm the stage as three electronics-heavy bands embrace their inner-80s.

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Margaret The UnCool

Jack White’s The Dead Weather, is gearing up for the release of their second album, “Sea of Cowards,” due out May 10/11. Listen to it now streaming live on vinyl.