Supporting their recently-released second album Yours Truly, Angry Mob, England’s Kaiser Chiefs played a storming, triumphant set at the Kool Haus on Wednesday night. Their story isn’t new: having sold millions of albums in the UK and Europe, British band attempts to crack North America. For every Coldplay, there’s countless Pulps. But as so-called difficult second albums go, Yours Truly, Angry Mob seems to fare much better than average. Writing short-but-catchy pop-punk songs is never......

"Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby...Do ya, do ya, do ya do ya..." Anyone else get this song stuck in their head whenever they hear it? Curse those Kaiser Chiefs and their catchy lyrics! Perhaps seeing them live in concert could get it out of your system, yes? Well, courtesy of Sneak Attack Media, we can make that happen. The Leeds, UK boys will be in town tomorrow night at the Kool Haus, along with The......

Playing a bit of the rock & roll since the 5th grade is bound to get you somewhere. Now hitting somewhere in their late 20's and early 30's, the boys of the gritty guitar driven, Dylan-vocal-inflected tunes of The Walkmen are now waltzing their way through the United States and Canada in support of their newest release "A Hundred Miles Off". Touted as a "sonic carnival", their third album goes beyond "The Rat", and......

The best way to compile a year-end list is to wait for everyone else's year-end lists before making any rash decisions. Not only does this method allow for appropriate deliberation, but also makes it easy to sidestep any of the poor choices made by other list-makers. For instance, upon scientific study of the P'fork singles list, Torontoist decided that both Beyonce's "Naughty Girl" and Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like It's Hot" can NOT be included......

It's a very Sakamoto of us to put a cover song in this week's mixtape, but it's a nice cover and the two bands seem to be the subject of a lot of talk lately. Don't worry though; we'll stay away from any of those Strokes/Chingy mash-ups that Sakamoto likes so much. 1. The Arcade Fire - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) A clever cover of one of the Talking Heads' best singles.......