At 9:30 Friday night (July 11), with some 35-40 other devout fans packed in the tight confines of New York’s Other Music, the Breeders' Kelley Deal, in her silly, bubbly rapport with sister Kim, revealed she, um, sort of learned the violin to accompany the timeless, nostalgic Last Splash tune "Drivin’ on 9."

McCarren Park Pool: Brooklyn's musical epicenter, delivering blog-fresh bands to the physical realm on a weekly basis with Jelly NYC's Sunday Pool Parties series.

Brooklyn, NY's McCarren Park Pool may be empty, but that didn't keep fans from getting absolutely soaking wet Sunday (June 29), as throngs braved pounding thunderstorms to catch razor-sharp punk outfit the Loved Ones and Brooklyn's own the Hold Steady play the first of nine, free Sunday

You may have noticed that SPIN.com is entirely brand new this month. One of the big differences: our on-demand video section. With this new regular feature, we'll be dipping into our vast, growing video vault to show off some of our best clips.

You may have noticed that SPIN.com is entirely brand new this month. One of the big differences: our on-demand video section. With this new regular feature, we'll be dipping into our vast, growing video vault to show off some of our best clips.

Rumors regarding Amy Winehouse's involvement in the forthcoming James Bond film rage on. But now, instead of, um, pointing to Winehouse as the next Bond Girl, sources claim the Brit songbird is set for a much more apt role: singer and songwriter of the film's theme song.

As a steaming hot, yet often drizzly season of rambunctious Pool Parties slowly rolled to an end this past August, so did bassist Dave Lerner's tenure as a member of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.

Revitalizing the once outlawed sounds of Cambodia's '60s psych-rock movement, Los Angeles-based outfit Dengue Fever trekked across the nation this past summer for a dip at Brooklyn's renowned Pool Parties.

In stark contrast to the sweat dripping dance-offs inspired by Pool Party stalwarts like Dan Deacon and Man Man, natives to the borough +/- gave a seminar in staying cool

Performing in their own backyard, under the watchful eye of label boss and Superchunk principal Mac McCaughan (watch live!), New York City's Oakley Hall brought an unfamiliar yet warmly welcomed roots rock and country sentiment to Brooklyn's McCarren Park Pool on a toasty Sunday afternoon in late June.