With Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Alex Ebert made the dramatic 180 from sleazy electroclash-leaning punk singer in his former band Ima Robot to grizzly bearded bandleader in an 11-piece down-home freak folk revue, bright psychedelic colors and farmhouse ...

Rebelling against mom and dad must be hard when they're dressed in Pixies and MC5 shirts, but if there's one reason that generation doesn't understand this one's taste in rebellion, it's that the sex, drugs, and rock & roll are ...

After the commercial breakthrough of their 2009 album Fantasies, it would seem kind of unfair to ask Metric to do anything differently on their next outing. That album perfectly took their usual tuneful blend of hooky new wave and spooky ...

In 1991, U2 shocked the pop-music world with ACHTUNG BABY, a striking departure from the Irish band's beloved '80s arena-rock sound. Here the group careens into sonically adventurous territory, reveling in distorted guitars, drum loops, and layers of synthesizers. The stunning ...

The ninth studio album from alt-rock icons Smashing Pumpkins, 2012's Oceania is the band's follow-up to their proper 2007 comeback release, Zeitgeist. Part of the band's long-form 44-song release series, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, the album once again centers around lead ...

This two-fer from San Francisco-based, commercial pop/rockers Train includes the group's 2001 break-out sophomore outing Drops of Jupiter, which boasted the popular title cut, and 2003's My Private Nation, which featured the smash hit "Calling All Angels." ~ James Christopher ...

On Glow, guitarist Kaki King finally returns to the all-instrumental format that brought her notice and acclaim in the first place. This set, produced and engineered by D. James Goodwin, collects a dozen compositions for guitar and a colorful assortment ...

Crafty violinist, minutia-loving songwriter, and peerless whistler Andrew Bird's highly anticipated sixth studio album, Break It Yourself, is his first collection of new songs since 2009's Noble Beast. Recording information: Metrosonic Studio, Brooklyn, NY; Santa Monica, CA; The Barn. Illustrator: Jay Ryan ...

The eponymous sophomore outing from melodious, heavily carbonated, Cincinnati-based dance-pop quartet Walk the Moon occupies the same neon-splashed, hyper-literate head space as high-energy bands like Phoenix, Passion Pit, and Foster the People. Led by frontman Nicholas Petricca, who can go ...

Fiona Apple previewed three songs from her upcoming fourth studio album, which boasts a typically enigmatic title in The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw, And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever ...

When American folk legend Woody Guthrie died in 1967 at the age of 55, he left behind a trove of more than one thousand sets of complete lyrics with no music. In 1995, his daugther Nora approached English singer-songwriter and ...

Like 2009's Manners, Passion Pit's sophomore outing is a fat thunderclap of soulful, echo-boom electro-pop that's as poisonous as it is precious, pounding out twinkling summer dance hymns that frame Michael Angelakos' elastic falsetto against a buttermilk sky that's secretly ...

Staind prove to fans they're still going strong with the live album Live from Mohegan Sun, recorded at the first show of their first tour after the departure of drummer Jon Wysocki earlier that year. Still riding high off the ...

OK COMPUTER was nominated for the 1998 Grammy Award for Album Of The Year and won the 1998 Grammy for Best Alternative Music Performance. OK COMPUTER, Radiohead's third album, is the bombastic follow-up to 1995's sleeper hit THE BENDS, which left ...

With their raw, organic sound, Tennessee's Kings of Leon emerged in 2003 as Southern rock for the indie-garage set, sort of a Strokes for the South. While there were hints of a new direction on their third album, BECAUSE OF ...

Maze, featuring the smooth vocal talents of the legendary Frankie Beverly, perform 10 tracks live in concert. Songs featured include "Joy and Pain," "Too Many Games," "Back in Stride" and many more! This DVD features live footage by Frankie Beverly and Maze.

"What It's Like" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. The former frontman for House of Pain sheds the hip-hop-only mode and steps out into the world of rock with this release. Tapping into the ...

Certified 7 x platinum by the RIAA featuring 'Under The Bridge', 'Breaking Girl', 'Funky Munks', 'Suck My Kiss', and 'Give It Away'. 1991 release produced by Rick Rubin. Additional personnel includes: Brendan O'Brien (Melltron); Pete Weiss (Jew's harp); Gail Frusciante (background ...

Many rock bands talk endlessly about their "sound," refining a basic formula until it's either perfect or perfectly boring. System of a Down, however, developed a loyal fanbase with the opposite approach--the group mixes genres so freely that describing what ...

Theory of a Deadman: Tyler Connolly (vocals, guitars); David Brenner (guitars); Dean Back (bass guitar).

Additional personnel includes: Paul Buckmaster (conductor, arranger). "Drops Of Jupiter" won the 2002 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Song and for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s). The band that brought "Meet Virginia" to the ears of the nation's youth via heavy-rotation MTV ...

The first rock band signed to Madonna's Maverick label, Candlebox have handsomely paid off the distinction by selling a few million copies of their self-titled debut while clocking in over a year on the Billboard Album Chart. Although Candlebox hail ...

18 New Songs By Warren Haynes. Feat.25 Best Bassists In R&R

Triangulated somewhere between the passionate earnestness of David Gray, the polished post-Jeff Buckleyisms of Howie Day, and the Hootie-meets-Petty pop-rock of Pete Yorn, the photogenic young troubadour Gavin DeGraw (he's even got a great name) seems almost preternaturally destined for ...

On their 2007 outing, EMOTIONALISM, the Avett Brothers offer up an engaging set that mixes a charmingly old-fashioned acoustic aesthetic with an almost punk-like immediacy. Consisting of North Carolina siblings Seth and Scott Avett (primarily guitar and banjo, respectively) and ...