In 1979, A&M Records had quite a stable of talent. Three of my favorites (then and now) appeared on 'Propaganda'. Now, I'm n...

This is exciting. A couple of bands that appeared on my best tracks and albums of the decade lists (see bottom) have dates set for their nex...

I'm going to recommend two new releases this week. The first is David Bowie's live double album 'A Reality Tour'. Although l...

Back on Jan. 12 I wrote about 'Quarantine the Past', Pavement's new best-of package due March 9. Matador ran a contest to see w...

Exhale. The wait is over. Merge Records and She & Him have given us the first song from 'Volume 2', out March 23. Listen for Til...

In part one of this series, I highlighted my absolute favorite compilations from my earliest years as a music lover. In part two, for the m...

Many years before Danny Wilde and Phil Solem of the Rembrandts were doing hand claps on the theme song to the TV show 'Friends' they...

A couple of items I wrote about last week -- one on the Buzzcocks and one on Pavement -- has had me thinking about compilations. I was pon...

If you have already given to Haiti and have a Lincoln or two left over, you may want to stop by Amazon.com . They have more than 800 mp3 dow...

It's a crime. There is absolutely nothing from the Plimsouls' catalog in print. Granted, the L.A. garage-rock outfit didn't put ...

The punk scene of the late '70s, particularly from across the pond, is one of my favorite genres, and from 1978-1979, no band did it any...

Info on Pavement's career-spanning, best-of compilation called 'Quarantine The Past' is starting to trickle out from Matador. Th...