This month marks ten years since singer/songwriter Elliott Smith’s untimely death, and there have been numerous tributes to the beloved performer, ranging from the appropriate (Ben Kweller and Jason Lytle … Read more
The Velvet Underground are preparing a re-issue of their second album, the left-field masterpiece White Light/White Heat. A three-disc edition of the seminal proto-punk album will be available via Universal Music … Read more
Media mogul Jim Dolan has an interesting side career as the lead singer of JD & The Straight Shot, a hard-driving, old-school blues/rock band that has opened for the likes … Read more
After Lady Antebellum hit the charts with their fourth LP, Golden, in May, the band opted out of touring so Hillary Scott could go on maternity leave and the trio … Read more
On Oct. 9-13, the second annual CBGB Music and Film Festival will take over in more than 175 venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn with over 700 live events. One of … Read more
Earlier this year, David Bowie returned to the scene after a decade of silence to release The Next Day. Now Bowie is expanding the album with a three-disc collector’s edition, … Read more
Sin City can be a little too glitzy for its own good, and it isn’t always as glamorous as it’s made to seem. Still, the Killers love their hometown and … Read more
Here’s one that feels like we’re taking a trip back home to the good ole swamps of Mississippi to hear some real blues. No, we haven’t hopped on a plane … Read more
We get it. That 20th anniversary In Utero reissue just isn’t enough for you. That’s not to say that the reissue wasn’t full of Nirvana-packed awesomeness; you’re just an insatiable … Read more
Back in 1917, the Wisconsin Chair Company formed Paramount Records, whose catalog featured artists such as Louis Armstrong, Ma Rainey, Jelly Roll Morton, Fletcher Henerson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, King Oliver … Read more
