Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo Offering Guitar Clinics
Former Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo is justly considered to be one of the most innovative guitarists of all time, playing a style inspired equally by avant-garde artists like Glenn … Read more
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‘Fifth Beatle’ Film To Begin Production Next Year
Filming is set to start on The Fifth Beatle, a biopic about Beatles manager Brian Epstein. Based on the graphic novel on the same name by Vivek J. Tiwary, the film … Read more
Rod Stewart To Reunite With Faces In 2015
The NME is reporting that Rod Stewart will reunite with his former band The Faces in 2015. Stewart confirmed the news himself in an interview with Boston radio station WZLX. “I think … Read more
Paul McCartney Preps ‘New’ Documentary
Paul McCartney’s latest album New finds the former Beatle more invigorated and excited about music than we’ve seen him in a while. Elmore‘s Ira Kantor said that the album “features a rejuvenated McCartney, … Read more
Members of Beach House, Grizzly Bear, More To Play Gene Clark Tribute…
Many Byrds devotees hold the under-appreciated career of Gene Clark in very high regard. While he never achieved the success of his bandmates David Crosby and Roger McGuinn, his songwriting … Read more
Billy Joel Takes Up Residency At Madison Square Garden
Billy Joel has a special connection to Madison Square Garden; the Long Island native has performed at the World’s Most Famous Arena 46 times, and his 12-night stand at the … Read more
Bob Dylan Sued For Alleged Racist Remarks
Bob Dylan is in a bit of legal trouble in France based around comments he made in the French edition of Rolling Stone. The singer is being charged with racism after … Read more
Pixies Part Ways With Bassist Kim Shattuck
The Pixies have let go of another bassist named Kim. Former band member Kim Shattuck confirmed in a Facebook post on Friday that she was let go from the seminal … Read more
R.I.P. Dick Dodd of The Standells
Dick Dodd, the singer and drummer for Sixties garage-rock group The Standells, passed away this weekend at the age of 68. He had been suffering from stage 4 esophageal cancer. … Read more
Black Flag Fire Lead Singer Onstage
The reunion of the seminal punk band Black Flag just took a turn for the strange after guitarist/bandleader Greg Ginn fired singer Ron Reyes onstage during a show in Australia … Read more
