Mike Nelson finally gets off the Satellite of Love, ditches those damned pupp…

More and more, rock bands are adding DJs to their arsenal of musicians, using cuts, scratches, and samples to fill out their sound. Christopher R. Weingarten talked with one of the first rock DJs, DJ DNA of Urban Dance Squad, and one of today’s young guns, DJ Kilmore of Incubus, to explore the roots of the phenomenon.

Updated every weekday, the Brunching Shuttlecocks satirize and lampoon everyt…

A good instrumental to me is one where you don’t even notice that the lyrical…

Of any of the metal labels still going strong, Relapse Records have been play…

Nerds of the world, unite! Nerf Herder are here to take Nerd Core to new heights! Julio Diaz corresponds with frontman Parry Grip about Star Wars, punk rock, Jonathan Richman, and all thigs nerdly.

Be true to your school! Fresh-faced and clean-cut Junior Varsity are gonna rock the sock hop with their energetic, hip ’50s rock sound! Now the Ink 19 J.V. Athletic Supporters (Ian Koss, Julio Diaz, Phil Bailey, and Andrew Chadwick) are matching wits with the J.V. squad for an e-mail pep rally!

As a kind of persnickety cousin to The Onion, Modern Humorist s…

There are few things men like as much as beautiful women, except maybe for ca…

Shirley Witherspoon is a veteran of the music world; she sang at clubs as a c…

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The phrase “instrumental rock” falls into the category of “non-words” - along…

I’m thrilled when things like this finally manage to find their way out of so…

This is a disc from 1996, but it was the only one I could get my hands on. I …

Is home schooling a viable option for “problem students”? It worked for Lee Ann Leach…

Recorded in Iran, India, and the U.S., Niya Yesh (“gnosis” in Greek) i…

“I was fired from every band I was in before, so the only way I can think of to not get fired was form my own band.” So says Lemmy Kilmister of the legndary Motšrhead, as he talked 25 years of rock n’ roll with Matt Thompson.