Tim Presley co-founded Darker My Love, has toured with the Fall, plays with the Strange Boys and records his own work under the name White Fence. All of this is to say that the man is a sensei of rock and roll ("garage rock," if you must) and that you should be paying close attention. more ›

It's been seven years since Tenacious D's lukewarm box-office debut, but Kyle Gass and Jack Black were never about the silver screen: The D has always been about Rock (and short, crude, hilarious vignettes). But the duo is back with a new album, Rize Of The Fenix, and will be at the Hammerstein Ballroom on June 28 (tickets go on sale Friday). Wonder why it took the two so long? Kyle went insane and "Hollywood Jack" was busy working with Scorsese. more ›

"Oh, sh*t! JUSTICE is here?" Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky and his entourage leapt over the ottomans and coffee tables in the makeshift lounge set up for talent at the Creators Project on Saturday. The French duo, who were to appear for a DJ set to promote their upcoming album, Audio, Video, Disco, had moments before been sitting quietly in the far corner of the room speaking to the endless parade of media. Now they were engulfed in one-finger salutes and raised glasses for a impromptu photo-op. "Yeah, son! Motherf*cking JUSTICE! Motherf*cking A$AP Rocky! That's right!" more ›

Courtney Love wished us all a belated Merry Christmas today via her MySpace blog (which we don't normally check in on, but thankfully Curbed was on the ball). What did Santa bring her? An apartment in the West Village! So really, it's like a present for us all. She stated, in perfectly readable English:

i think/hope we foundteh PERFECT plaCE, its a w village 4 floor house 2 floors are being rented by the owners, itllcost ...alot...to returjn it to a house biut fbc doesnt need to have all that space til she moves here at 18 and its a great invesment.