Last night was the second time New York x New York -- the memorable comedy/music series designed to drive subscriptions to New York mag and frustrate with 65-minute lines for one-hour open bars -- turned to the "Bad Art Auction" concept. The first time around, Zach Galifianakis offered up a sharp standup set but his heart just didn't seem into t...

At this point, Offend Maggie's birthed almost as many videos as it has songs, which leads me to assume that one day Deerhoof will, in fact, have visual accompaniment for their tenth album's entire tracklist. Exciting! (Not really.) "Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back"'s still-photography is more interesting than "Offend Maggie"'s still photography...

On this 3xCD anthology Christian Kiefer, Jefferson Pitcher, and J. Matthew Gerken write songs for each of the 43 U.S. presidents. Among the many guests are Bill Callahan, Califone, and Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart.read more

The list of interesting videos added to the archive at Pitchfork.tv this week begins with the clip for Animal Collective's "Who Could Win a Rabbit". You got a tortoise, a hare, a couple of bikes, and production design out of an uneasy dream.Animal Collective: "Who Could Win a Rabbit" Pitchfork.tv page with embed code is here.Writing about Cool ...

We sit down and talk songs with the emotional indie rock band's frontman...more