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Wayne Coyne covering Keith Moon's "Full Moon" I'm piecing this all together from a series of tweets from Wayne Coyne...

Pretty fucking clever title, eh? $10 bucks says some other blogger's already used it. So I tuned past VH1 Classic the other day...an...

If the idea that Pere Ubu was able to receive a major label contract from Chrysalis records in the late 70’s sounds crazy, then ...

After a decade long hiatus between studio albums, Beachwood Sparks returns with The Tarnished Gold , their latest attempt at ch...

Tegan and Sara have a new album coming out, and of course I'm smitten. It's not schedule until January of next year, but the hy...

A new DVD documentary is scheduled before the holiday season, focusing on the Rolling Stones' last phase, one where Ronnie Wood makes ...

If memory serves, Girlschool was the only band of The New Wave of British Heavy Metal that featured women in the line-up. I...

I've got to profess ignorance on this band, and it pains me to do so. A band this great...in your own back yard...should not be overlo...

The song “Marcus Garvey” taken from some Island Records compilation was my first introduction to Burning Spear, but its impac...

Got up early today to catch some OT at work. It's raining in Iowa today which means our family will probably be stuck indoors all day lo...

Mike Watt and the Missingmen played Des Moines recently for what was the first time in decades. You'll recall my own encounter with Mike...

For a moment, I was all excited when I saw the word "Rapids" and thought "Hey! King Tuff is playing Cedar Rapids!" but...

To be honest, I would rather see Testament included in the “Big 4” line-up than Anthrax. The lineage is there and, most importantly, t...

There’s lots of rumbling today about a Replacements “reunion,” of which a covers album featuring Paul and Tommy does not make. And don...