Flea (of Red Hot Chili Peppers fame) will be designing and launching a line of affordable bass guitars. NME reports that Flea settled on this new venture after he discovered that his music students were playing poor quality instruments.
For any of you still awake, the US NME Awards show, live from the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, is streaming live on myspace. It started at 9 PM Pacific, but still seems to be going strong.
NME pronouncesMGMT "The Best New York Band About." What do you think? Next indie sensation? Check out four songs from their forthcoming debut on MySpace.
The Subways' new album, Young For Eternity, is set to hit stores on February 14th via Sire Records. Check out the links below for an audio stream of the band's first single, "Rock and Roll Queen," as well as video clips of the band's recent performance on the set of the OC: