If this pop star thing doesn’t work out, Julian Casablancas has a great future as a production designer.

At the Pixies' Hollywood Palladium show on Wednesday night, the sold-out crowd of 4,000 seemed caught between genuflecting respectfully and just going nuts. Kicking off a 21-date U.S.

Tegan and Sara's new album is all about interpersonal tug-of-wars -- the occasionally opposing forces of remaining true to oneself and another -- but there was no doubt Sunday night that the band and their fans were all pulling in the same direction.

In baseball terms, attending Thom Yorke’s “rehearsal” show on Friday night at the Echoplex in Los Angeles was like showing up at the stadium early to watch a slugger hit home runs in batting practice.

On a day Hayley Williams should have been so happy she could just scream, the 20-year-old Paramore singer could barely manage a yelp. Her voice hurt too much.

See our photo gallery of the show here.

What if they held a sunrise concert and everybody showed up except the sun?