As it turns out, all those associated critics, cynical doomsayers and associated worrywarts who have spent the last few years questioning the health and status of rock n' roll have been wrong all along; the details of rock's demise have been greatly...
From the moment “Blood Red Youth” eases its way in to open Art History – California Wives' debut album – some listeners will just have a flood of images come rushing at them all at once: John Hughes movie posters, sequences out of Christian...
Everyone knows that, when the man calls his children, they come running and line up to be counted. That is a constant, and Muddy Waters' performance at Buddy Guy's Checkerboard Lounge in 1981 proves it; The Rolling Stones were not scheduled to perform onstage...
How do we fall in love with a famous person (an actor, a musician, any kind of celebrity)? There are many people walking this planet who have an undying adoration for someone that, for the most part, could be completely made up or already dead. Dare I try and fall in...
After the spectacular letdown that last years reissue of Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard Of Ozz turned out to be, it's hard not to look at new releases of the singer's old material a little more closely. Part of that reissue's failure was that it just...
Some people on this planet have a hard time coming to the realization that they are a sidekick and not a protagonist. They simply are not built to have their own story; they're okay, but if they ever tried to rock a big deal production, it would never be Billboard...
Some albums come along which make me want to give up on hip hop. Part of that has to do with personel and practices in the business; for example, there are many artists who are great to be featured on a track but should never put out their own albums. Who’s at...
I have two concerts on my belt that come up at the top of my list when I get asked the question of all questions when I get a music head in my face: “What’s the greatest concert you’ve ever been too?” Yelle, a little band from France that 99 per...
Serj Tankian, lead singer of the world renowned metal group System Of A Down, has been trekking down the solo road for half a decade now. He’s left in his wake a slew of music that, improbable as it might seem, is even weirder than SOAD itself. That said, you...
Everyone who has been following Gaslight Anthem over the last few years has been waiting for the band to make Handwritten. Fans knew they had it in them, they just had to wait for the band to realize it too; after getting their shit together in the underground (the...