Here's a quick one for my brother down in Dust Bowl country. Although members of the Sea and Cake have been busy with solo albums and s...

Concord Music Group continues its giant reissues project of Paul McCartney's catalog with the announcement that 'McCartney' (1...

Other than material geared towards the grade-schooler set, it has been four long years since They Might Be Giants have put out a proper rock...

As a kid, I was a huge fan of INXS. Artistically, I think the band's peak was the 'Listen Like Thieves' album from 1985. I hung ...

If you haven't heard any of the new Robyn Hitchcock yet, you will want to listen to the two songs below. These lush compositions continu...

Thank you, Jayhawks! If you go to the band's official Web site, you can download their complete June 21, 2010 show from the legendary F...

Although I consider myself an avid follower of power pop, I was not a super-huge fan of the Smithereens. They were, however, a band I kind o...

In the past couple of weeks I have seen some really well-done documentaries and a concert video I think you should seek. 'Everyone Stare...

Did you make it to your local mom-and-pop shop last Saturday? From what I witnessed, the kids are still crazy about vinyl. This was my first...

I tend to shy away from the blogosphere's "it" bands, as anointed by the folks at Pitchfork and several other places. As a mus...

It has been nearly a month since David Bowie's unreleased 2001 album 'Toy' leaked online, and that's given me enough time t...

I have spent way too much of 2011 posting old favorites and not enough time writing about what has made this a pretty darn good year for mus...