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Crash Test Dummies Play With Analog Toys on New Album

'Ooh La La' may be Canadian alt-rockers the Crash Test Dummies' first album in six years, but frontman Brad Roberts doesn't think of it as a comeback record. With an offbeat pop sound constructed through the use of '70s analog music toys, 'Ooh La La,' due out May 11 on Deep Fried Records, is going to startle Fans of 1993's 'God Shuffled His Feet' ...

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Here We Go Magic Ready to Release 'Pigeons'

When Here We Go Magic frontman Luke Temple was trying to come up with a name for the band's second full-length, he started throwing around the word "pigeons." Temple liked how pigeons are everywhere in cities, although no one ever really notices them. "Pigeons are this underrated, underdog-like bird," Temple tells Spinner. "I think of ourselves as ...

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The Pipettes Head to the '70s on New Album

A lot has changed for '60s-inspired British girl group the Pipettes since they released their sugary pop debut, 'We Are the Pipettes,' in 2006. Two of the three founding members, Rose Elinor "Rosay" Dougall and Rebecca "Riotbecki" Stephens, departed the group in 2008, and a replacement member, Anna McDonald, left the band last year after a ...

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Allman Brothers Band Prepare for Two-Week NYC Run

For the past two decades, the Allman Brothers Band has been bringing their legendary live show to New York for a string of dates in March. On Thursday, March 11, the group will begin a two-week residency at the United Palace Theatre, with five shows recently added to the end of the run due to popular demand. Although the band has been running ...

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Bad Religion Celebrate 30th Anniversary With Special Shows

Somehow, pioneer punk band Bad Religion has reached adulthood and turned 30 this year. Looking back on his time in Bad Religion since its formation in 1980, singer-songwriter Greg Graffin tells Spinner can't believe how quickly three decades has gone by. While he's not surprised that the Los Angeles veteran group is still alive and kicking, he ...

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Xiu Xiu Offer Up T-Shirts Painted With Human Blood

For an artist whose work is frequently dark, abstract and emotionally challenging, Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart admits that he enjoys a lot of Top 40 hip-hop music. Just don't ask him for a personal favorite tune. "I listen to them on the radio, but I don't really have any idea what any of the songs are called," Stewart tells Spinner. "I just love ...

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Fun Maintain Their Flair for the Dramatic

It wouldn't be a mistake to describe the music of Fun as theatrical in nature. Given that the trio's multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost once penned an entire musical loosely based on the tale of Christopher Columbus (titled, of course, 'Columbus!'), the band's penchant for show-tune-influenced indie rock makes a little more sense. "I started ...

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