NO CBGB: The New York Times talks to Patti Smith at the start of its piece on the demise of the famed NYC venue that served “as the casual headquarters and dank…
Read Morephoto courtesy of BiblioMama.ART BRUT, WE ARE SCIENTISTS and the SPINTO BAND played Chicago on Thursday. Ken King and I went, but I didn't blurb it Friday for deadline reasons. The show…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with THE TOP 40 MUSIC MOMENTS IN FILM HISTORY, according to Bullz-Eye, though they are really listing rock music moments. The self-imposed rules barred some I would list, like…
Read MoreBECK tells Jam! Music how he came to include the low-budget DVD and sticker set with his latest album, The Information — extras that disqualified the album from the UK charts. He…
Read MoreFRANK BLACK is back on the solo track and prolific to boot, though he puts it in perspective to the Houston Chronicle: “But didn't Elvis Costello write an album a day or…
Read MoreCAMERA OBSCURA frontwoman Tracyanne Campbell talks to Pitchfork about a variety of topics, including touring the US, technology and the significance of Lloyd Cole, who she says likes “Lloyd, I'm Ready to…
Read MoreOUR FAST NEW HOSTING SERVICE knocked out the site on Sunday without warning, but if you're reading this, we are back, obvs.THE YARDBIRDS' “For Your Love” was a long-running staple of the…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:…with the HOODOO GURUS: Check out the Hoodoo hairdos on their US debut single, “I Want You Back,” then watch them rock the joint in Ann Arbor, MI with…
Read MoreSUSANNA HOFFS: The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles has a cool profile that asks: “How did a nice Jewish girl from Santa Monica become a rock star?” As Hoffs is big into…
Read MoreTHE BEATLES: A “new” album of Beatles music mixed by their legendary producer George Martin and described as a new “way of reliving the whole Beatles musical lifespan”, will be released in…
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