The Replacements’ live shows were the stuff of legend. They’d famously play brilliant sets of their booze-soaked rock songs one night and do lousy covers of Hank Williams and Harry … Read more
This year’s Hopscotch Festival brings together some of music’s more esoteric acts for a few days of great tunes in North Carolina. Headlining the festival this year are the Breeders, … Read more
Deer Tick are returning in 2013 with a new studio album, and according to singer John McAuley, the band are heading in a much darker direction than they’ve previously been … Read more
New York indie rock fans will get a treat this week when The National return home for a show at MoMA P.S. 1…except that it isn’t going to be the … Read more
Even fans of Medeski, Martin & Wood may find A Different Time a somewhat surprising departure for the group’s fearless piano player. In his first solo recording, John Medeski has … Read more
Midnight Oil were one of the pioneering alternative rock groups in the mid-to-late 1980s, but they have remained rather quiet since 2002. Since that time, the band’s members have gone … Read more
With each new album, it seems JJ Grey is just getting better. As a songwriter, as a vocalist and as a musician, he remains adventurous and fascinating. Backed by his … Read more
Elmore planned to have Richie Havens on the cover of our July/August 2009 issue commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Woodstock Festival. Richie had a show at the Metropolitan Museum … Read more
Yes, Muse usually tends to be all about politics, dystopias and revolutions, but in their new video for “Panic Station,” the band shows that it has a sense of humor. … Read more
Richie Havens, the folk legend who was known by most music fans as the man who opened the Woodstock Music Festival, has died, according to various reports. He was 72 … Read more
