Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new releases hitting stores this Tuesday: ARTIST: Morrissey RELEASES: Southpaw Grammar: Expanded Edition, Maladjusted: Expanded Edition, “Something […]
Noise-rock legends Sonic Youth this morning unfurled the itinerary for their summer tour of the U.S. in support of forthcoming LP The Eternal, which drops […]
It didn’t seem to garner much attention, but after so much had been made about Brian Eno not performing with David Byrne on his current […]
A new live-performance video for Morrissey’s next single, “Something is Squeezing My Skull,” was posted today on the singer’s MySpace page. The single itself comes […]
It wasn’t quite on the scale of 1990’s near-riot, but some 12,000 Depeche Mode fans descended on Hollywood and Vine yesterday — some lining up […]
Fans of Sonic Youth this week got the first official taste of the band’s forthcoming The Eternal, as Matador Records posted the album’s first MP3— […]
Tipped first by the Pixies’ tease of a big announcement on their Facebook page, then the appearance online last night of this image (left), speculation […]
Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new releases hitting stores this Tuesday: ARTIST: Depeche Mode ALBUM: Sounds of the Universe BACKSTORY: Preceded by […]
Perhaps The Cure were on to something after all when they abruptly ended Friday night’s warm-up gig in Las Vegas. Practice for the main event? […]
With the once-again-reactivated Pixies promising “a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT on Monday” on the band’s Facebook page, several more European summer festival dates have begun surfacing. In […]
Robert Smith took the The Cure out to a Las Vegas casino last night to warm up for the band’s Sunday night headlining slot at […]
The story’s already made it around the world: Morrissey apparently was so nauseated by the smell of barbecued meat during his performance last night at […]
In recent years, Bruce Springsteen’s influence on the indie-rock scene has grown increasingly evident, with acts like The Hold Steady and Arcade Fire not just […]
Q&A: Daniel Ash on Love and Rockets’ reunion, his new band — and figuring out how to play “So Alive” 
Q&A: Chris Frantz talks Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club and new book ‘Remain in Love’ 
Q&A: Hifi Sean on life after The Soup Dragons and the quest to make the perfect 7-inch 
Q&A: Steve Wynn on The Dream Syndicate’s first new album in nearly 30 years 
Q&A: Echo & The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant on new instrumental trio Poltergeist 
Q&A: Steve Wynn on The Dream Syndicate reunion, upcoming tour — and new music 
Q&A: Bauhaus’ David J on his ‘accidental’ concept album ‘Not Long For This World’ 
Q&A: Howard Jones on revisiting ‘Human’s Lib,’ ‘Dream Into Action’ — and future plans 
Q&A: Peter Murphy on ‘Ninth,’ the break-up of Bauhaus, reuniting Dalis Car 
Q&A: Joey Santiago on Pixies’ ‘Doolittle’ tour, possible ‘Surfer Rosa’ shows, new album talk