Calling all high-school boys who’ve ever dressed up as Robert Smith for Halloween and been completely unappreciated by their less-cool classmates! (No really, I’ve seen this with my own eyes.) Vampire Weekend feels your pain…and possibly stole your costume. Check out these pictures of Ezra & Company on the set of their “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” video.
A non-Pharmaceutical Ted Leo does the NPR thing. All things considered, it was most likely an excellent show.
Gossip Girl: “Mind-blowingly inappropriate,” says the Parents Television Council. Um, have you read the books? This show is kid stuff. The guys at Gawker, who give Blair, Nate, Chuck, and the others more press than possibly every other media outlet combined, have the story on the new ad campaign.
Santogold and Diplo made a little mixtape. Enjoy one result here:
mp3: “Starstruck (Diplo Remix)” – Santogold
Conor Oberst’s self-titled SOLO ALBUM is coming out soon! It’s funny, since I thought he always was solo, and “Bright Eyes” was just a stage name. Whatevs, guess not. Here’s one of the new songs: