News: Amy Winehouse starts own label; signs her goddaughter

(Winehouse with Bromfield)

Still bat-shit crazy, Amy Winehouse is reportedly starting her own label, called Lioness, with the start-up capital of

Video: Lily Allen - "Womanizer (Britney Spears cover) (live in-studio and acoustic)"

Recorded live on OUI FM, the French radio station, here's the Britney Spears cover that Lily Allen did that caused quite a bit of a stir a month ago when it was first leaked.

Download: Ladyhawke - "Back Of The Van (Kid Cola remix)"

Straight up ripping out the reverb-laden codas from Ladyhawke's intentionally-always-80s-sounding "Back Of The Van" and processing it through wobbly beats and jittery breaks, UK-based 20-year-old Kid Cola takes a distinctly Moroder-influenced disco track and turns it …

Video: White Lies release all of their videos in one

Taken individually, the videos for White Lies' key tracks (like "Death", "Unfinished Business" and "To Lose My Life") create a moody, dark, melancholy effect on the viewers.

News: Mazes announce tracklist for self-titled debut

Mazes, a band that contains two members of excellent Chicago indie pop group The 1900s (don't worry, it's just a side project), are prepping to release their first, eponymous debut on Parasol Records.

Photos: Maggie Horn's record release party on January 14

On Wednesday, we were invited to hang out with newly-minted mixtape honey and Good Peoples signee Maggie Horn to celebrate the release of her Sammy Bananas-assisted mixtape, The Siren.

Live: Moulinex & Xinobi play No Big Deal #4 next week

Next Friday, January 23 brings the next in one of favorite party series in New York, the collaboration between Finger On The Pulse and Palms Out Sounds known as No Big Deal.

News: Mates Of State to offer up a remix EP

You all probably totally know that Jason and Kori aka the so-cute-it-makes-you-puke indie pop duo Mates Of State are heading out on a long tour, co-headlining dates across the US with Floridian upstarts Black Kids.

News: Lady Sovereign finalizes art and tracklist for Jigsaw

More than two years since her first effort, 2007's Public Warning, Lady Sovereign is officially back in the game, as April 7 sees the release of her long-awaited sophomore record, Jigsaw.

Tours: Metronomy map out a North American tour + Nights Out available in the US

One of the most highly-anticipated releases of 2009 is Metronomy's record, Nights Out.

News: WZRDZ dropped In The Land Of Peace And Magic yesterday

The first release from "emerging" artists WZRDZ (one part Meterhead, one part Mike Genius), entitled In The Land Of Peace And Magic, has just been released by the kids over at Crushed Records, the label started by Jared and Isla from Purple Crush.

News: WAVVES signs new deal, announces tracklist + tour dates

WAVVES, the awesomely lo-fi gutter-garage-pop 22-year-old we recently gave huge praise to about how it's all sorts of fun, has just signed a deal with Fat Possum Records to release the sophomore, eponymous LP, which is set to drop in stores and digitally on March …

Video: White Lies release all of their videos in one

Taken individually, the videos for White Lies' key tracks (like "Death", "Unfinished Business" and "To Lose My Life") create a moody, dark, melancholy effect on the viewers.

News: The Joy Formidable issue A Balloon Called Moaning

The poppy, cathartic, shout-shout-shout of The Joy Formidable will finally be coming to every home possible on February 16, as that's the day the band is set to release their new record, a not-really-an-EP, not-really-an-LP album A Balloon Called Moaning.

Download: HEARTSREVOLUTION - "Ultraviolence (Chateau Marmont remix)"

Photos: Fresh Out on January 12

It was cold as fuck at Porch on Monday night for the "Fresh Out" party.

Download: Great Northern - "Houses" + tour dates

From the forthcoming (and already reported to be dropping on April 28) new record from Great Northern, Remind Me Where The Light Is, "Houses" is the first track to be released.

CONTESTS: Win tickets to see The Volunteers + Spectrophilia

The boys in The Volunteers have already warned that rock n roll will kill you and have offered up the opportunity to fuck their ghost, and if you haven't already heeded either of these opportunities, we're now running a sweet contest for all of you NYC locals to get …

Photos: THE CULTURE OF ME turns 3

We're not going to lie.

Download: WOW gets remixed, covered by Sydney's finest