The Bled, whose recent album Found in the Flood has been something of a breakout success, have embarked on tour with Thrice and Underoath. But while fans are professing their love for the Tucson, AZ-based fivesome's CD, SPIN.com wanted to know what albums the members of the Bled are hoping to force on their tourmates this fall.

Billed simply as "special guest," Cursive finished off the official showcase of the Omaha indie label Saddle Creek at Bowery Ballroom last night. Lucky thing, too: Although the other five bands offered a tantalizing bit of foreplay, the night-closing appearance of Cursive guaranteed a stirring climax.

When I told my mom I was going to be joining a band on four days of Warped Tour for SPIN.com her immediate response was "That sounds awful." Followed shortly by, "Are you sleeping with all of them?" To me, an avid pop punk aficionado, four days on a bus with one of the tour's craziest acts, Reggie & the Full Effect, sounded like dream come true (and not at all like an opportunity to hone my hoo

Coney Island -- home of the drag-queen friendly Mermaid Parade, Woody Guthrie's Americana folk, and the scary, smack-addled dystopia of Requiem for a Dream -- is the perfect setting for an eclectic rock show like Saturday's fifth annual Village Voice Siren Festival.