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The Cure Join Crazy Line-Up for VOODOO Music + Arts Fest
This year’s VOODOO fest is shaping up to be an incredibly weird experience. Today, legendary mope-rockers The Cure announced they’ll be playing the festival, which already includes bands as disparate...
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Cold War Kids Announce ‘Tuxedos’ EP, Release New Video
Cold War Kids have announced their Tuxedos digital EP, which will be released September 17th via Downtown Records. This new six-track release follows this year’s Dear Miss Lonelyhearts, the alt-rock...
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Blue Oyster Cult’s Allen Lanier Dead at Age 67
Allen Lanier, founding guitarist and keyboardist of classic-rock band Blue Oyster Cult, has died at age 67, after losing his battle with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The rest of the band...
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Check Out ‘Comrade,’ a Magnificent New Volcano Choir Track
Photo Credit: Cameron Wittig Justin Vernon is arguably the busiest man in alternative music. When he isn’t taking the indie world by storm with his main project, Bon Iver, he’s playing in low-key...
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Adrian Belew Power Trio (and Other Prog Acts) Join Progressive Nation 2014...
A couple weeks ago, we shared news about Progressive Nation 2014, which will take place during a four-day Caribbean cruise. And now the line-up (which already featured artists like Jon Anderson,...
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Check Out a Sampler from Peter Gabriel’s ‘And I’ll Scratch Yours’
Peter Gabriel recently announced the release of And I’ll Scratch Yours, a sequel to his 2010 orchestral covers album, Scratch My Back. The album will feature artists like covers of Gabriel tunes as...
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Minus the Bear to Drop New LP, ‘Acoustics II,’ in September
Seattle indie-rock icons Minus the Bear will release a new LP, Acoustics II, on September 10th. The album features MTB songs recorded in a stripped-down acoustic fashion, showcasing the songwriting at...
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The Chop House: Revealing Kate Bush Concert Documentary from 1980
With “The Chop House,” we explore classic performances from bands with — you know — “chops.” Genres like progressive rock, art-rock, jazz-fusion — they’re nearly extinct in our current music culture....
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‘Breaking Bad’ Breakdown: ‘Buried’
(SPOILERS AHEAD, so “tread lightly,” ye Breaking Bad fanatics!) Season Five, Episode 10, “Buried” Written by: Thomas Schnauz, Directed by: Michelle MacLaren When it’s all said and done, Breaking Bad...
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Gimme Some ‘Tooth’: John Lennon’s Molar Sent to Scientists for DNA Sequencing
Maybe we’ll get that Lennon/McCartney reunion after all. Back in 2011, dentist/all-around weirdo Michael Zuk purchased John Lennon’s molar for $31,000 at an auction. He’s taken his prized possession...
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Cover Alert: The Lumineers Tackle Talking Heads’ ‘This Must Be the Place...
The Lumineers currently have America swooning with “Ho Hey,” aka “The Indie-Folk Sing-Along That Refuses to Die.” But they’ve just earned some major cool points for their reinterpretation of Talking...
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Watch John Mayer Play the Groovy ‘Wildfire’ on Letterman
Last night, John Mayer stopped by The Late Show with David Letterman to perform “Wildfire,” a groovy, soulful cut from his brand new LP, the excellent Paradise Valley (out today). Mayer’s had some...
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Coheed and Cambria Announce Headlining Fall Tour
Concept-prog warriors Coheed and Cambria will kick off a headlining fall tour on October 16th at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey. The band will play through early November, and they’ll...
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Giveaway: Share Your Best Pink Floyd Story, Win a Copy of the New Roger...
Roger Waters is one of the most innovative and enigmatic songwriters in rock history. And in a new biography, Roger Waters: The Man Behind the Wall (out September 17th via Backbeat Books), rock...
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Hidden Jams: Clara Engel
In the Bandcamp/Soundcloud era, there’s a lot of crap floating around the internet — but there’s also a wealth of excellent music most people will never hear. With “Hidden Jams,” we put a spotlight on...
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Carl Palmer Very Nearly Joined Black Sabbath
Carl Palmer, legendary drummer/percussionist for prog-rock giants Emerson Lake & Palmer, was invited to join Black Sabbath for their new reunion album, 13, but he was tied up touring with ’80s...
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The National’s Bryce Dessner to Release Collaboration with Kronos Quartet
Bryce Dessner, guitarist-songwriter for The National, is releasing an album of compositions recorded with the experimental, Grammy-winning string ensemble Kronos Quartet. The collaboration, Aheym,...
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David Byrne Reflects on Peter Gabriel Version of ‘Listening Wind’
On September 23rd, Real World will release And I’ll Scratch Yours, the reciprocated sequel from Peter Gabriel’s orchestral song-swap album, 2010′s Scratch My Back. Among the musicians covering...
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Back Off, Jerk: ‘Are You Not Entertained?’ – In Defense of Roland Emmerich
There’s a fine line between camp and class, between low-brow and high-brow. Have you ever been that person who’s constantly defending a movie or TV show or album that everybody else seems to despise?...
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Rubblebucket Unveil New Tour Dates, New EP Tracklist
Alt-funk all-stars Rubblebucket released one of my sleeper favorites of 2011 with the stellar Omega La La LP. They’ve been incredibly active in the interim, but 2013 is shaping up to be another huge...
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