We have all heard of (or even seen) oddball concert bills, but this is one of my favorites. In the summer of 1983, just as Big Country was b...

The death of Faye Hunter, original bass player of Mitch Easter's jangle-pop band Let's Active, has hit me harder than I would have e...

The best music blog on the planet has been shuttered by an evil Internet empire... but only for a heartbeat. The new Vinyl Villain will be r...

If you haven't visited Nick Lowe's Web site lately, you should check in daily between now and Thursday. There's a special annou...

If you're a regular visitor to this blog (or scores of others, for that matter), then you have no doubt come across the prolific comment...

You know him from Care and the Lightning Seeds (and if you're asking about Big in Japan right now you have my respect), but Ian Broudie ...

This one is for my pal Ian over at Uncle E's Musical Nightmares. It would be easy to poke a little fun at him for waxing poetic about t...

Dialing up a real beauty from 1986 today. 'Electric Café' isn't Kraftwerk's best album, not by a long shot, but it still ha...

Now that the dust has settled, it's time to ask some tough questions: What are your thoughts on Kim Deal leaving Pixies? Should the band...

When China Crisis was around, my knowledge of the band was quite limited. I have vivid memories of seeing the video for "Working With F...

Even though Aztec Camera was mostly a one-man operation, I was sad when Roddy Frame officially went solo by name. I shouldn't have been....

I may live in Seattle now, but Chicago will always be first in my heart. Thank you, Blackhawks, for one of the most exciting Stanley Cups in...