One of my favorite lady artists is Becky Stark. The songs she makes with her band Lavender Diamond are not only beautiful, but the message is always positive and full of love. looks like the band has made a secret movie to accompany their Matador records  release Imagine our Love. If you are in LA, you are very lucky because they are having what promises to be a wonderful evening of performances on Tues. May 27th  called Psychedelic Healing Visions: A Love Song and Dance...

C'mon and shake ya tail featha! Subway Soul Club is a monthly dance night playing upbeat 1960's Northern Soul, Motown, Boogaloo and Organ grooves in New York City. This month, they’re throwing a spectacular Girl's Night with 12 lady DJs spinning 1960s Northern Soul, Motown and Go-Go Grooves. Plus, the super rad and talented, soul group Nouvellas will play live downstairs at 9pm. Dance the night away to vintage, vinyl 45s spun by Resident DJ Phast Phreddie, The Boogaloo Omnibus and of course an awesome...

OK, Callie turned us on to this Florida rapper Riskay awhile ago, and now she's got a video for everyones favorite song about that worrisome cheating boyfirend. The chorus is ridiculoulsy catchy, I promise if you hear this at least once, you wiil not be able to get it out of your head. NY Magazine calls it an instant classic. Check out Callie's interview with Riskay in the June issue of BUST, on newsstands in a few weeks. ...

There seems to be an abundance of good music coming from the Continent these days, with Duffy and Adele from the UK, Yelle and Uffie from France, and these guys (also from the UK) which are on heavy rotation here at the office. enjoy! ...

In the battle to be the next Amy Winehouse two contestants have emerged as frontrunners.  In this corner, I give you Duffy: And in this corner, we have Adele:    Personally, I think Adele's kind of a snoozefest and Duffy's got the better chance at the title, but what do you think?  ...

I love the Black Keys, their latest record Attack and Release (Nonesuch) is amazing, here is the video for Your Touch. I think one of the reasons I love them so much is that singer Dan Auerbach sounds exactly like Paul Rodgers from the 70's band Bad Company. Below is a BC clip from 1975, check out the crop top and white bells, and those might just be clogs on his feet. YES!!  ...

I'm a little embarrassed to admit to watching American Idol, but it was really great having Dolly on the show tonight. Of course she is too nice to "judge anyone"-she is just so sweet you cant help but love her! And for once the kids did pretty good with their versions of her songs. Unfortunately my favorite "Coat of Many Colors" which always gets me a little verklempt, was sung by my least favorite, Kristy lee,  and it did not wow. Australian Michael was great,...

Has it been nearly a week since BUST's day party at SXSW?  It was hot, hot, hot...  everything from the bands, to the bad asses struttin’ their stuff, to the amazing Austin, Texas weather! It goes without saying that I was going to party it up, rock out to amazing music, and meet cool people from around the globe. We were all there to showcase, promote and fiercely work it! I managed to do all of this while having an incredibly fun time!! I'm still...

SXSW ended days ago and yet I think some of us are still recovering. It was a full week of bands, parties, swag, tacos and margaritas. The first night in we checked out the K Records showcase. The Blow was unsurprisingly and indescribably adorable. This was my 6th time seeing her live, and I don't know how she does it, but she manages to outdo herself every time.photo by irockirollOn Thursday while running errands around Austin, Adam purchased a sweet set of maracas. His plan...

sxsw was amazing! i needed a full day to bounce back from it, but amazing none the less. i saw some really great stuff and actually, i can say without any kind of bias at all that the BUST party was among the best. It was really, really awesome. So many nice people came out and umm, it would be a total oversight to not mention the effin outstanding mojito's. Grand Ole Party (DH Records), Yacht (Marriage & States Rights Records), Mika Miko (Kill...