Crowd-sourcing art rock diva composes poem for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

By Alex Baker

In what is assumedly the latest in a string of efforts designed to test the limits of her likability with the public, Amanda Palmer has published a poem for Boston Bombing suspect Dzhohkar Tsarnaev on her blog.

The poem, entitled simply A Poem for Dzhohkar, has drawn an angry response on Read More

High desert rockers assemble an impressive array of guests for “…Like Clockwork“

By Alex Baker

Queens of the Stone Age are ramping up to release their first new album since 2007. The new album, entitled …Like Clockwork, is set to be released in June and will feature a dynamic array of guest stars.

Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys, Trent Reznor, and Read More

Cleveland couple arrested after motel argument over whether Slash is a better guitarist than Eddie Van Halen

By Alex Baker

At Guitar Shop TV, we’re passionate about guitars, guitarists, and music in general. But a couple in Cleveland, Ohio may just have taken things to a whole other level.

According to a report on Cleveland.com, an unnamed couple were staying at… Read More

Folksy singer/songwriter delivers the goods at the City Winery and Rock NYC’s Iman Lababedi is on the scene

By Iman Lababedi

Iris Dement is a witty, dryly amusing master of ceremonies during her two hour album release party at City Winery Saturday night. This is the opening night of her tour in aid of Sing The Delta, an sixteen years in the making and worth the wait, and the Arkansas born, Read More

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs (pictured) are among the bands whose albums CMJ has singled out as worth looking forward to this year. Check out the article, and leave us a comment below if you disagree or feel they’ve left something out.

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Heavy metal titans ready first new studio album in 35 years

By Alex Baker

Black Sabbath announced today that they will be releasing their new album, 13, in June of this year. The upcoming album will be the first new studio release by the band since 1978′s Never Say Die!

The current lineup for the Sabs consists of founding members Ozzy Osborne (vocals), Tomy Iommi (guitar) and Geezer Butlet (bass). Founding drummer Read More

Marshall Crenshaw revisits his Beatlemania days and Rock NYC’s Iman Lababedi brings us this review

By Iman Lababedi

In 1978, Marshall Crenshaw played John Lennon to Glen Burtnik‘s Paul McCartney in the touring company of Beatlemania, 35 years later the two men were revisiting those days as the Incredible Simulators at BB King’s. And before you go on about how the last thing the world needs is another Read More

Reclusive English “shoegazers” My Bloody Valentine prepare to step out from the shadows

By Alex Baker

In the late Eighties and early Nineties, My Bloody Valentine were at the forefront of the English “shoegaze” scene that also included such bands as Ride, Lush, Slowdive, and pre-Britpop Blur.

The term “shoegaze” itself was coined to describe the way… Read More