When Vines frontman Craig Nicholls gets ready to scream, his Muppet-like face scrunches up and he rolls back his eyes, sticks out his tongue and folds his lips over his teeth. And then the scream ...

The Vines are not to be confused with the Hives, although that wouldn't be hard to do. While the latter are from Sweden and the former from Australia -- but now based in L.A. -- both bands play ...

The hype machine for young rock bands is starting to get a little ahead of itself. In their rush to find the next Strokes, White Stripes or Hives, the international purveyors of mainstream culture are ...