“I have good news and bad news,” James Murphy said as LCD Soundsystem took the stage for the first time in over two years last night in Brooklyn. “The good news is, we’re here. The bad news is, I’m wasted.” No no, dude — that’s the great news....

Photo: Roberts/Redferns When Deer Tick released Born on Flag Day last year, they proved they were one of America’s best indie country-rock bands: singer John McCauley delivered sharply observed narratives of blue-collar life (sung in his nicotine-stained rasp) over wild and raw roots-rock...

For years, it bugged Motion City Soundtrack frontman Justin Pierre that he couldn’t fully replicate the sound of the band’s records live. “Some people can go on day after day; they can just yell, scream, do whatever, not do anything, and then they sing, they sound perfect and...

Last week, before the Clash of the Titans remake shattered Easter weekend box office records — much to the chagrin of Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers — we asked for your favorite songs by a far superior Clash. The votes ranged from The Clash classics to Combat Rock, but...

Photo: Dickson/RedFerns The big popcorn movie hitting theaters this weekend is the bombastic remake of Clash of the Titans, which Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers gave a scathing one-star review. Instead of spending $12 seeing Clash, we recommend taking those two hours and sitting down...