The Nylon Summer Music Tour rolled out a quality line-up spearheaded by She Wants Revenge in 2008. This year, the series returns with Patrick Wolf as the headliner. Wolf’s unique brand of folk tinged electro-pop brings to his light his creativity as well as his talent as a multi-instrumentalist. more ›

Austin City Limits is pretty nifty, we'll admit. But let's face it: the lineup for Coachella, ACL's glammed-up West Coast sibling in the desiccated wastelands near Joshua Tree, has all but reigned supreme these last few years. And this year, they're at it again; earlier this week they announced the full roster for the two-day festival, to be headlined this year by Depeche Mode (huzzah!) and ... Tool (huh?). The entire lineup: Saturday, April... more ›

Two weeks ago, we sat down for a chat with Lillian Berlin, frontman of Living Things, a rock band whose emphatic liberal leanings all but scorn the conservative suburbs of St. Louis from where they came. Touring for the past two years with the likes of The Libertines, Velvet Revolver, and The Vines, the quartet - brothers Lillian, Eve and Bosh Berlin and guitarist Cory Becker - earned the respect of music critics, the... more ›

The following is a selection of tracks by artists playing this week. Check the IST List to see when and where they'll be. Enjoy! -John Vanderslice - Exodus Damage [mp3] -John Vanderslice - Trance Manual [mp3] -John Vanderslice - Motel of Lost Companions [mp3] -Locksley - Into the Sun [mp3] -Locksley - She Does [mp3] -Locksley - All Of the Time [mp3] -Living Things - BOM BOM BOM [myspace] -Living Things - Bombs Below... more ›