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New Video: The Futureheads "Walking Backwards"

It's another rock extravaganza featuring puppets playing the Futureheads, in the new video for "Walking Backwards."

The puppets get trained to act like the band which is supposed to be some sort of metaphor for the band being puppets themselves or something.

New Music: Santogold & Diplo, "Guns Of Brooklyn (Doc and Jon Hill Dub)"

That long rumored Diplo/Santogold Top Ranking mixtape collaboration has surfaced with Sandi White doing two covers on the album. A Bad Brains cover and a Clash cover.

Funny thing about The Clash. Santogold did "Guns Of Brixton" but actually called it "Brooklyn."

Somehow it worked, and they went with it.

The Strokes Have Two More Going Solo

Just when we got all excited about The Strokes getting back at it in 2009, here comes a report this morning saying that may not be the case...yet.

According to Rolling Stone, drummer Fabrizio Moretti and bassist Nikolai Fraiture, have gone in their own directions with Moretti forming a side project called Little Joy with Rodrigo Amarante from Los Hermanos.  Look for the record this fall on Rough Trade.

Fraiture's new endeavor is called Nickel Eye with an album titled The Time of the Assassins. Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Regina Spektor guest on the project.

New Music: Mercury Rev "Senses On Fire"

This sounds like you are in a dream floating in space, or maybe you are on some resort in a lawn chair, with a drink in your hand. Slowly the bass and soft, steady beat creep into the track with the repeat of the title, "Senses On Fire." It gets more aggressive as it chugs along, turning into a full blown rock track a couple of minutes into the song.

The Morning Benders Do Daytrotter

The Morning Benders have checked in to let us know that their session on Daytrotter is now up, which includes unreleased material-a track called "Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love."

Also, look for a free CD of covers coming soon called The Bedroom Covers that you will be able to download for free. They have some great pop stuff, so I'm sure this will be interesting.

Get more on that on their blog here.

Video: Rush Do "Tom Sawyer" For The Colbert Report

Rush had not done U.S. television in over 30 years until last night.

The first thing that jumps out at you is, "Why the hell not."

The second thing about that is "Why decide to come back on The Colbert Show?!"

The boys had some fun last night, spending a lot of the show chatting with the intentionally un-smart host, and rocking out to their classic, "Tom Sawyer."

Video: The Hold Steady Perform On Letterman

The Hold Steady got a ton of face time on Letterman last night in a skit that mocked Craig Finn not exactly looking like a sex symbol, and then the band launched into "Sequestered in Memphis."

They got complemented in the skit as "quietly becoming the best rock band in America."

Nice to see the national audience giving them some love.