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A 10-year amplified detour from classical composition.
Brandi Carlile opens The Human Tour in Philadelphia this week.
Bill Stump's impact on extreme music has been widely acknowledged, but his most important contribution was as an archivist.
J.D. Considine’s masterpiece.
I applaud Bandcamp for drawing a boundary on what’s acceptable to their audience.
Where you’ll find me.
Laraaji has traveled far down a well-worn path.
Rosalía's LUX is an intriguing collision of commercialism and academic obscurity.
The guitar virtuoso talked to me about film school, the creative process, and the state of instrumental guitar music.
These guys won't be around much longer.
Bennington defends Thurston Moore (a friend) from two-year-old negative reviews.
The Wall Street Journal continues its slide.
Critics today don’t know how to write about artists.
Retro music inspires a new generation of thinkers.
A review of Nigel Hobbins’ I Couldn’t Help But Notice.
Playing songs by ear doesn't require much talent.
If we threw away every work made by a bad person, there would be almost nothing left.
Another day of life at a retail music store.
The lyrics of their later work lurch between Mother-Goose level nursery rhymes and half-baked spiritual hooey.
I watch upon your scorpion who crawls across your circus floor.
Blondes galore, hardcore honky-tonk, the Western intellectual canon as a whole: this year's traditionalists sound fresh and eccentric as well as old-time.
The band perform "Burning with Optimism's Flames," "English Roundabout," and "Cut it Out" in this May 21, 1981 performance from the Hammersmith Odeon.
The musician and photographer talks about her new book, her time in Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins, and more in this recent interview.
The singer from Tool and A Perfect Circle shops at Amoeba Music and talks about his selections.
Lewis Largent talks to Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke in this April 25, 1993 episode of MTV's 120 Minutes.
The late singer-songwriter lets loose in this rare tour footage from 1999.
The legendary musician performs one of his biggest hits on The Old Grey Whistle Test on Christmas Eve 1982.
The band rehearse their blocking in this rare footage shot on October 6, 1978.
The new single from the legendary space age ensemble.
The legendary songwriter talks about why The Beatles will never reunite and more in this 1990 interview.