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Blogging New York's CMJ Music Marathon, Day One

It was all too perfect that singer/songwriter Sarah White was crooning and be-bopping about big dreams in the big city at CMJ's first media meet-and-greet event Tuesday night (10/21).

Album Review: Louis XIV, "Slick Dogs and Ponies" (Atlantic)

'Guilt By Association' is the first single from Louis XIV's sophomore album, 'Slick Dogs and Ponies.' However, guilt by association is also something with which the San Diego rock quartet has had first-hand experience--starting with its 2005 full-length debut, 'The Best Little Secrets Are Kept.' "Guilt By Association" is the first single from Louis XIV's sophomore album, "Slick Dogs and Ponies." However, guilt by association is also something with which the San Diego rock quartet has had first-hand experience--starting with its 2005 full-length debut, "The Best Little Secrets Are Kept."

Louis XIV rides 'Ponies' on spring trek

Indie-rockers Louis XIV, currently on tour with Editors and Hot Hot Heat, will launch their own headlining trek in March to back their forthcoming third studio album.

Live Review: Editors, Hot Hot Heat, Louis XIV in Ft. Lauderdale, FL

On Editors' 2005 debut, "The Back Room," lead man Tom Smith proclaims: "Blood runs through your veins, that's where our similarity ends." Although he was making a more philosophical observation, Smith could just as well have been talking to Editors' latest tour mates--the peppy pop Canadians Hot Hot Heat and glam retro-rocking San Diego-based Louis XIV.

Editors kick off new year in America

UK indie rockers Editors will be back in North America early next year for a five-week jaunt with special guests Hot Hot Heat and Louis XIV.

CD Review: Louis XIV, "The Best Little Secrets Are Kept" (Atlantic/Pineapple Recording Group)

After scoring a hit with the misogynistic single 'Finding Out True Love is Blind' from its January EP 'Illegal Tender,' San Diego's Louis XIV has emerged as one of the hot bands to watch in 2005--and with good reason. After scoring a hit with the misogynistic single "Finding Out True Love is Blind" from its January EP "Illegal Tender," San Diego's Louis XIV has emerged as one of the hot bands to watch in 2005--and with good reason.

Interview: Brian Karscig of Louis XIV

Having been friends since they were 6, the members of Louis XIV pretty much have their music down to a science.

Briefly: System of a Down, CBGB, Jamiroquai, Louis XIV

System of a Down will headline "Souls, 2005," a concert presented by Los Angeles-area radio station KROQ that will benefit organizations that work to eradicate genocides around the world.