After nearly a decade full of changes―band lineup, management, name, label―and ambitious struggles to break through, The Snips needed to decide who they were and who they wanted to be. Treading water and dealing with things as they came up, the band needed...
When it comes to rock n' roll, sometimes the truth is important and sometimes it isn't. Some of the myths which circulate through the annals of rock history are just as important to the survival of the music as the facts of the matter – if not more so...
Somehow, that Ground Control's Holiday Gift Guide coverage begins now — several weeks before Christmas, still feels a little late in coming. Standing back from it, the whole thing actually began with a dark pall (it was black and came on Friday, November 23,...
As excited as some people were when Jah Wobble and Keith Levene announced that they were working on new music together, there's no way that supporters were expecting much from the duo. That statement isn't meant to sound as condemning as it probably does, but...
Metallica announced today that they have taken ownership of all their master recordings including all music and long form videos, a move almost unprecedented for musicians signed to recording contracts. Under provision of their renegotiated joint venture agreement with...
How important can innocence be to an artist and how infectious can the spirit of that state be when that artist is first starting out? As Cody ChesnuTT proves with Landing On A Hundred, innocence can mean everything in the world and losing it can be a bitter pill to...
Norris-Whitney Communications is helping out with a fundraising campaign for Toronto guitarist Rick Gunn, who has been waging an ongoing fight with cancer. the Toronto arts community has been moved into action to help Gunn and, on December 2, 2012, a benefit concert...
H'awright you luckyli'l junkies youse, So I know whatcher thinkin', “What the hell is Donnie doin' back so soon? I didn't short'im or nothin', an' I saw that he gave up some more free mp3s four days ago!” Well, yer right...
With South African Hip-Hop trio Die Antwoord leading the way, the annual Sonor Tour rolled into the Fox Theater in Oakland and provided enough more than enough music for the ears of the nearly sold-out crowd. After DJ sets by Seth Troxler, Nic Fanciulli,...
At this point in his career, it's hard to know what to even hope for from Neil Young – let alone what to expect. With Psychedelic Pill, Neil Young creeps up on seventy with his old noise-mongering cronies in Crazy Horse in tow, forty-three years after their...