The Day in Rock Digest for 05/02/11

The line-up for the 13th Annual Punk Rock Bowling Tournament and Music Festival has been announced and it's a big one.

Cleveland pop snots Cloud Nothings’ anticipated self-titled Carpark debut blitzes through 11 songs in 28 minutes. So far you’ve heard the bubbling, fuzzed opener “Understand It All.” The new full-band stuff doesn’t remind me much of Lync beyond the occasional guitar sound. Instead it’s ...

The Day in Rock Digest for 11/1/10

I never thought I'd be writing a headline even close to that, but in less than a year, Fucked Up's gone from the light bulb factory to playing all their indie-rock cards just right. That said, it's hard to get even slightly cynical about this: During the Toronto crew's 12-hour marathon last month, Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig showed he l...