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Telefon Tel Aviv's Cooper Dies at 31

Charlie Cooper, one-half of the Chicago-based electronic duo Telefon Tel Aviv, passed away on January 22 -- just two days after the group's new album, 'Immolate Yourself,' was released. He was 31. As of yet, no cause of death has been given. On the group's MySpace page, Cooper's partner in music, Joshua Eustis, wrote a touching and candid memorial ...

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Celebrity Doppelganger: Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel

As most of us know by now, the latest meme sweeping the Interwebs is Facebook's celebrity doppelganger experiment. Everyone and their grandma has changed their profile pics to a photo of a celeb that people say they look like -- including our friends at Urlesque. In the spirit of all things fun and awesome, we bring you our own, music-focused ...

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IFLTS: 'Let Me In,' Hot Hot Heat

'Let Me In,' Hot Hot Heat From 2007's 'Happiness Ltd.' In March of last year, I happened to be vacationing in Hot Hot Heat's home territory of British Columbia. One overcast afternoon, a friend of mine and I picked up some coffee and set about taking a stroll through Vancouver's Stanley Park -- an awesome 1,000 acre expanse surrounded by the ...

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Vampire Weekend Battle Mother Nature in NYC

Chances are if you didn't get into Vampire Weekend's free outdoor show in New York City's Central Park on Saturday, you heard an earful from your friends who did. No doubt, after two days, it's already become the stuff of legend. If you were there, you saw God (more on that in a minute), and even if you weren't there, you're telling everyone you ...

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