(image) Morrissey and Marr have had more than their share of opportunities to explain the birth, rise and fall of the legendary Smiths, but what about the...

(image) Long-haired, chest-thumping cro-magnons (read: metalheads) were given what seemed the opportunity of a lifetime this past weekend at the Download...

(image) If you ever wanted to see Tool on the big screen, you may get your chance soon, Despite heavy touring and frontman Maynard James Keenan's...

(image) In case there was any doubt, it's safe to say that English indie darlings Art Brut have mastered the art of enjoying themselves. Unlike other...

(image) Get your white hats and Greek sweatshirts ready: the Beastie Boys are hitting the road. Of course the Boys don't intend to make frat rock,...

(image) Opera must be coming back into fashion. Roger Waters finished his French Revolution opera Ça Ira less than two years ago, film-director David...

(image) Though it suffered a couple of delays and technical missteps, the long-awaited new album from Florida punks Against Me! is finally less than a month...

(image) No stranger to controversy and self-promotion, Marilyn Manson is the next rocker in line to take a potshot at My Chemical Romance. According to...

(image) As reported a little over a year ago, French robot rockers Daft Punk are not only responsible for funky house and live spectacles, they've...

(image) Are you gothic? Are you Lolita-ish? Would it be too much to ask you to be Japanese, too? How about Cello? Do you play Cello? If you can jump through...

(image) It seems that the public will get their fill of music-related biopics over the next year or so. According to a story in The New York Times, Outkast's...

(image) Recent Vice Records signees and up and coming garage ragers Black Lips have announced a North American tour for the fall. With a new 7" single...

(image) As was previously reported a few weeks back, the not-so-ambiguously homoerotic sextet of shock, Turbonegro, are poised to return with their new...

(image) Berlin's Stereo Total are one of the few bands that have never really let me down. The dancey pop duo have a great track record that led up...

(image) Sub Pop rockers Band Of Horses have announced that they will be supporting Isaac Brock's mighty Modest Mouse for a string of dates in August.

(image) Patrick Wolf's recent tour of America has left him concerned. The British singer/songwriter revealed to NME that his travels in the U.S. have...

(image) 22 year-old British singer/songwriter Jamie T (aka James Treays) has been making waves in his homeland over the past several months with his "troubadour-with-a-twist"...

(image) Even though his solo career began just a mere seven years ago, Ryan Adams is already releasing album number nine, (9 !!), Easy Tiger, on June 26th.

(image) From now on, when young friends of mine complain about getting motivated or having to go to work I will simply tell them that if seventy-one year...

(image) Who amongst you can claim to have no fond memory of the Ramones? Ever the fun-loving goofs of the punk world, their scene-defining sound and influence...

(image) With months of drama stemming from various incidents at a handful of live appearances, it seemed that any news about a new Lady Sovereign release...

(image) Jason Pierce's Spiritualized project is the last band you want for an anti-drug campaign. The group's dreamy atmospheric rock doesn't...

Thank you for all of the comments over the last couple of months. One keeps coming up that I thought I should mention. It’s this one... “Great column,...

(image) When it was announced that Rage Against The Machine would be reuniting to play at this year's Coachella Festival, it was more or less assumed...

(image) When Fugazi officially announced their indefinite hiatus, it was disheartening to think about a world without the excitement of a new album from...

(image) As of this year, music fans can experience the South By Southwest Festival without the hassle of booking plane tickets or a hotel room months in...

(image) Courtney Love with Linda Perry Live, June 1st @ House of Blues Sunset Strip West Hollywood, CA Courtney Love seemed to have a lot to prove. The...

(image) America's sweethearts Wilco turned their fans heads this week by announcing that they licensed half of their latest album, Sky Blue Sky, to...

(image) The countdown to the Smashing Pumpkins’ latest album Zeitgeist is well under way, and with only five weeks to go, anticipation weighs heavily on...

(image) As previously reported, a new album from Icelandic slow-rockers Múm was due to be in our hands somewhere around May of this year. Well, May has...

(image) A band at the level of Queens of the Stone Age can sometimes find it hard to play in all the small nooks of North America. As a result, many fans...

(image) If you're interested in an artier way of cinematically looking at the late Kurt Cobain's life, you'll want to check out AJ Schnack's...

(image) According to a Chicago radio-DJ's blog, Jack White took time out of his European tour schedule to personally call the radio studio to reprimand...

(image) Even with the massive cultural changes New York has undergone over the last ten years, I never would have pegged the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway...

(image) Now that The Gossip's Beth Ditto has the world's ear, she is taking every opportunity she can to address the plight of women in a society...

(image) Those of you who shelled out the bucks for a Police ticket: beware. Just one show into the reunion tour and drummer Stewart Copeland is unhappy...

(image) As previously reported, wacky indie rockers Ween have been hard at work, recording new material in a Pennsylvania farmhouse-turned-studio. The...

(image) If you were in or around Brooklyn seven or so years ago, chances are you went to a show at the Mighty Robot. Then fledgling Brooklyn bands like...

(image) Have you ever wanted to rock some Cold War Kids or Ted Leo while practicing your Camel or Cobra poses? Or just particpate in something totally antithetical...

(image) Courtney Love has been in the news a lot for the past 3 years, but not much for the musician/actress's artistic output. That may all change...