U.K. producer MJ Cole’s debut marks 2-step’s U.S. landing.
Two of Mali’s greatest team up for one special performance.
At Austin’s SXSW music conference, everybody’s got their ears to the ground.
Wednesday, May 24 Ghosts I’ve Met + the Maldives + Drew Victor Local country/folk trio Ghosts I’ve Met describe themselves…
It ain’t always easy to keep up with the surge of rock shows going on in this town, and sometimes…
Mock-rock comedy duo Tenacious D strums their way up the ladder one laugh at a time.
Infomatik’s art-punk leaves the early ’80s behind.
Family trauma and unusual perspectives shape Mecca Normal’s multimedia muse.
Chicago rockers the Ponys’ sense is in their sound.
When singer Ian Curtis hung himself in May 1980, two days before Joy Division’s first North American tour, he abruptly…
Here’s one for the Where Are They Now files: Eighties pop star Adam Ant has been charged with assault and…
Bis Social Dancing (Grand Royal/Capitol) No one ever expected this Pop Tar-fueled trio to be Scotland’s second most noticed ’90s…
The good, the bad, and the ugly; plus news on Yo La Tengo, Dee Dee Ramone, White Stripes, and more.
U.K. eclectics Gomez revel in agitating their audience.
First off, James Keblas is an absolute genius. As co-founder and former executive director of the Vera Project, he not…
The week’s music calendar.
R. Kelly, “Trapped in the Closet (Chapter 1)” (Jive). iTunes Tweet ft. Missy Elliott, “Turn da Lights Off” (Atlantic). iTunes…
I’ve been spending a lot of time with teenagers lately. No, I didn’t drill a hole into the boys’ locker…
THE FIRST TIME I heard the name Hoagy Carmichael, I scratched my chinit was college, and I rarely shaved, so…
Top-Selling Records at Local Record Stores10.FIONA APPLE Extraordinary Machine (Epic)9.VARIOUS ARTISTS Live at KEXP (KEXP)8.BOARDS OF CANADA The Campfire Headphase…
