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.

MySpace is useful for stalking exes and friending your roommate's garage band, but the bouncy remix of breakout British musician Mika's "Grace Kelly" by Pull Tiger Tail proves that it can also foster killer collaborations. The latest find in the waves of precocious popsters from the U.K.

Mark Ramos-Nishita, best known for backing the Beastie Boys as keyboardist Money Mark, mined his past for pay dirt on his jangly single, "Summer Blue." The Californian told SPIN.com the tune evokes his initial interest in music. "The song is about hanging out in a pawn shop I remember when I was growing up, trying to write songs and dreaming about being a musician.

Leeds quintet Kaiser Chiefs are granting a sneak peak at their anticipated sophomore album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob (out March 27), the follow-up to 2005's riot-predicting Employment. Smiths producer Stephen Street is behind the knobs, capturing lead single "Ruby"'s electrified, power pop-tinged sound.

You won't catch Southern rapper Maurice Richards, better known to MC mavens as Rich Boy, cruising in his Escalade past 5 P.M. He's still young, but the 21-year-old doesn't have a curfew -- it's his work schedule. Crafting his tight tracks in the studio from 5 P.M.

The Twilight Singers' cover of Massive Attack's "Live With Me" finds the Gutter Twins (the band's frontman and ex-Afghan Whig Greg Dulli and ex-Screaming Tree Mark Lanegan) together again. On the track, the first song off the band's forthcoming A Stitch In Time EP (out Jan.