Roxy Music released its final album, Avalon, in 1982, capping off a decade that saw the group morph from the shimmering art rock of its debut to something more majestic but wearier. Seven years had passed since the group’s last masterpiece (Siren). The uneven Manifesto (1979) and Flesh + Blood (1980) felt like a group…
Sunny Day Real Estate and Explosions in the Sky will anchor the 2026 incarnation of the Something in the Way festival, which will overtake Roadrunner in Boston on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. The event is presented by Run for Cover Records and promoter the Bowery Presents. Also set to perform at Something in the…
Bleeds, the fifth salvo from this Dead Oceans-signed, Asheville, N.C.-based indie outfit, is truly the best album of 1994. Who thought it would be so compelling to graft country rock idioms to the relentless decibels of British shoegaze and American grunge and then have the whole cyclone spin around a slacker vocalist? Then again, mediocrity…
There are times when a band comes along and takes possession of the moment — carries you along with them. I want to tell you my story of Oasis and why it matters today. Somewhere in the dregs of being a desperate, unsigned musician in San Francisco in the spring of 1994, I got a…
The Weeknd has dropped out of his planned headlining slot at the Global Citizen Festival on Saturday (Sept. 27) in New York’s Central Park and will be replaced on the bill by Cardi B. “I regret to share that, due to personal reasons, I am unable to perform at Global Citizen,” the Weeknd (real name:…
When Black Rebel Motorcycle Club released their third album, Howl, in 2005, the reaction was polarizing. The trio had made their name with a fuzz-drenched wall of rock ‘n roll that quickly won over critics and audiences. But after two albums in that vein, they took a sharp turn. As Zac Crain put it in…
Jake Kiszka didn’t need to put another musical project on his agenda. As Greta Van Fleet’s guitar player, Kiszka has been on an accelerating rocket ship since the group’s major label launch in 2017. But it wasn’t enough for Kiszka to play blistering live shows with his brothers in their Grammy-winning group. On their last…
As hip-hop was first blooming, with small steps, into the mainstream culture, long before it was the Earth-straddling phenomenon it became, a small cohort of photographers was capturing it in its infancy in New York City. Joe Conzo took some of hip-hop’s first ‘baby pictures’ in the 1970s, including of early b-boys and b-girls, DJs…
My Chemical Romance will perform at three major U.S. festivals next year promoted by Danny Wimmer Presents, including Welcome to Rockville in Daytona Beach, Fl., Sonic Temple in Columbus, Oh., and Louder Than Life on a September date to be announced in Louisville, Ky. The news was conveyed via the main stage video screens at…
In 2005, what began as a modest multi-venue, fan-driven punk event in Chicago has morphed into a large-scale outdoor event that continues to mark its territory as one of the most impressive independent music fests in the country. Over the years, it’s ballooned in popularity thanks to its anything goes and everything happens here reputation….
