You can forgive The Beastie Boys if they're a little beyond this shit. Staring out as us from their press-conferency table, it's hard not to see the hint of incredulity. Who are we and what are we all doing here? Not that they would ever admit to it but sitting here in a roomful of obscure bloggers, off-the-beaten path journalists, and painfully thin blond girls - it's just kind of a weird...

Iceland’s Benni Hemm Hemm just started their first U.S. tour and the kids in America are in for a treat. I caught up with the indie pop band’s leader Benedikt “Benni” Hermannsson and a bunch of the other guys while they were chowing down at lower east side eatery The Pink Pony. The band was excited about their Mercury Lounge gig that night, food was being consumed in mass quantities and by the...

Kaiser Chiefs' bassist Simon Rix took some time out of his busy schedule to chat with Loose.

Loose Record: Do you remember the first album that you ever fell in love with?

Simon Rix: Happy Mondays - Pills and Thrills and Bellyaches

LR: If you could have a dinner party, and invite any five guests, living or dead, who would they be?

SR: John Lennon, Steven...

The four-piece from Philly Liam and Me recently played two packed New York shows - one at Sin-E and one at the Full of Pep Sports Bar in Queens. The band is a relatively recent signee to Thrive Records in LA and is headed out west to record their first major-label release later this month. Still untitled, the record is due out this summer.

Loose: Your songs from There's a Difference...