Listening to Teddybears' "Punkrocker," it's not hard to imagine the Swedish electro rockers passing around a tattered copy ofPlease Kill Me on a tour bus. After reading the true tales of his debauchery, they surely couldn't imagine anyone else singing these lyrics: "You see me drivin' down the street / Well, I'm just not lookin good ...

Of Montreal are set to travel the nation in support of their forthcoming album, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (out Jan. 23; listen here), and you could win a pair of tickets to witness the psychedelic spectacle (see below).

I'm From Barcelona's name is definitely a bit "fawlty": an homage to the linguistically-limited waiter from the classic BBC sitcom, Fawlty Towers, the 29 musicians behind the moniker actually hail from Sweden, not Spain.

Dispatch haven't played together since July 31, 2004, but the alt-pop trio are reuniting for three consecutive nights beginning July 13 at New York City's Madison Square Garden, with all proceeds benefiting various charities in Zimbabwe.

While in the studio recording upcoming sophomore full-length, Grand Animals (out in Spring on Scratchie/New Line), the boys in Robbers on High Street acquired a video camera to immortalize their recording process on film. "We wanted to capture the stupid moments," frontman Ben Trokan told SPIN.com.

NYC via Texas post-rock trio Calla find inspiration in unlikely places: old-school actors and Italian wines. Vocalist Aurelio Valle told SPIN.com the chord progressions on lead single "Bronson" off their fourth full-length, Strength In Numbers (out Feb. 20 on Beggars Banquet), were written after a wine-fueled summer evening in Ravina.