Steven Rubio discusses the inevitable failure to recreate the sound of the past,...

I don't know about you, but I needed some cheering up today.

I tried a few methods, but here are the ones that ended up working for me, courtesy of YouTube.

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"Rock musicians really are a pathetic lot," says Ben Weasel, commenting on the Grammys, the Rock and...

The Sex Pistols RSVP to being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:

Next to the SEX-PISTOLS...

I admit, before Andrew Sullivan linked to the story, I'd never heard of Deeyah,...

The Sun reports on a genuine rock and roll hero and sacrificial lamb:

A TEENAGER...

Three tracks from the long-awaited, -ridiculed, -derided, cheap joke factory known as Chinese Democracy by "Guns 'n' Roses" have leaked...

There's a fourth installment of Morrissey's A's to fans' Q's in the Morrissey digital...

Mogwai's Blur-baiting is a well-trodden path with few, if any, surprises. But, that said, this faux-Albarn...

Larry Livermore reports on a night spent watching Australian TV. Around halfway...

Rolling Stone reports on the forthcoming,...

The new Ray Davies solo album Other...

I've never heard the term "pomp rock" before, but I do get the idea from this...

Back in October, Scott W. from WFMU posted this, "concerning the most utterly mediocre...

Dan DeLuca of the Philadelphia Inquirer examines the British "next-big-thing-machine"...

Love him or hate him, Michael Jackson is a bit like a trainwreck... so horrible, yet you can't look away.

But after the turmoil of his child...

Relive 1985, courtesy of WFMU, with this...

Clive Davis describes it as "the ultimate in niche blogging": a site dedicated...

It is strange to remember these days, but late night talk show host Tom Snyder probably did more to bring punk rock to the attention of mainstream America...

Until this Prefix magazine blog post, I wasn't even aware of Rick...

Popfactor points to this brilliant Field...

The Rolling Stones are to play a free show at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, and they expect...

"Prepare to have your mind blown," advised WFMU's Hatch, linking to this...

Tris X over at Ytossie Fandango posts a hilarious, detailed account...

Remember Gizmodo's contest for the best song based around Hitachi's library of defective hard drive...

After saying that the White Stripes were "out of the club" for letting Coca-Cola use a song in an...

The NME reports on the forthcoming biopic of Joy Division's Ian Curtis, which has now been officially cast:

The...

On Valentine's Day, Diamanda Galás will be peforming "Diamanda’s...

The file sharing question just got a little knottier and nuttier. According to this...

John at Things I'd Rather Be Doing aptly likens Continuum's 33 1/3 series of books on albums...

I tried, but I couldn't manage to work up enough interest to pay even a tiny sliver of attention to the Grammy Awards. OK, I didn't actually even try.

No one who has ever tried to play a theremin can fail to be astounded by the skill and control of virtuoso thereminist Pamelia Kurstin:

she...

Mick Hucknall of Simply Red free associates on the general subject of his own wonderfulness...

The David Hasselhoff video currently posted on Weak Nights really defies...

ABC wasn't taking any risks in its broadcast of the Superbowl halftime show this time around. They ran the whole game on a five second delay and actually...

Music Thing profiles what has to be just about the coolest instrument ever: Richard...

I have owned a scratchy copy of this Batman and Robin...

If you feel like wasting some time and annoying your neighbors (and who wouldn't?) here's a good way: a Flash...

Would you like to hear six versions of Joseph Arthur's song "In the Sun," performed by, mixed by, appearing in,...

The Village Voice's Pazz and Jop Critics Poll is up. It is slick. It is massive. It is full of pointy-headed...