Environmental destruction, angry love songs, music industry diatribes, lonely road trips, rants against the man, and just general angst--these are the themes of Alien Guitar Abduction's latest release, "My Beliefs". Led by master guitarist Stan Rose, a former student of John...

With Rx: Prescription , Rubbernekkerz deliver an hour-long introspective range of alt-rock songs that create an emotional mood from a layering of sounds. Natural and synthetic textures blend to create a spacey backdrop for lyrics that...

August 23rd, 1970.

A fan surreptitiously tapes a Velvet Underground set on an ordinary cassette recorder. It turns out to be Reed’s last night with the band and is later released as ‘Velvet Underground, Live at Max’s Kansas City.’

May 5th, 2000.

Metallica delivers over 60,000 page of information to Napster's San Mateo, Calif., offices, listing more than 1.4 million copyright violations of 95 Metallica songs and recordings by 335,435 distinct users.

February 23rd, 1979.

The first tour of the U.S. and Canada by Dire Straits opens at the Paradise Club in Boston. The Group logs 51 sold-out shows in 38 days.

The music industry has always been competitive and cutthroat at heart, and these days, income is becoming harder and harder to find. Making a little money playing music on the side isn’t so hard, but in order to turn a passion into a career, you have to want it more than anything else....

There’s an old saying that goes, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” and this is especially true for Bypass To Nowhere, Dinosaur Eyelids’ new album. The front cover shows a black-and-white burning dystopia, highlighted by a man in makeshift riot gear. His shield sports the album’s title in...

Every day a man gets up in the morning, takes the car, goes to work, comes home in the evening and goes back to bed...
Every... Fucking... Day...

Please Come Home For Christmas! New holiday release!

My holiday release this year is a blues-rock version of the holiday classic Please Come Home For Christmas. Originally recorded in the 60's by one of its co-writers Charles Brown, this song has been covered by many artists,...