Pearl Jam Welcomes Billy Strings At Ohana

Pearl Jam got a lift both from surprise guest Billy Strings and a second bite at the apple with Paul McCartney drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. to close out the 10th anniversary …

VMAs: Madonna Rules, Taylor Makes History, Nirvana Gets Its Due

The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards offered some appropriately outsized moments during a Snoop Dogg-hosted ceremony at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater…

Erasure Tunes In For First LP In Six Years

Forty years into its career, Erasure still has a few synths left to switch on.

Protomartyr Invites to Check Into Hotel Usona

You know you’ve made it when you have Iggy Pop in your corner.  In the past year, Pop lent his guest vocals to both Anna von Hausswolff and Joan as Police Woman, a certified stamp of approval from the Godfather of Punk. But when fellow Michigan natives Protomartyr asked Pop to announce their latest record,

11 Classic Prog Rock Bands With Only 1 Original Member Left

Hint: One is named after an animal and another is named after a continent! Continue reading…

Ka Baird and Chris Ryan Williams Breathe the Pressure

As a duo, Ka Baird and Chris Ryan Williams present a study in contrasts. Baird, a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, favors density and percussive force, while Williams, a trumpeter, tends to work in subliminal textures and blurred, dissolving tones. They have a lot in common, too: Both use electronics to manipulate their sounds past the point