15+ hour, 24+ min ago   (547+ words) The Beta Band are together again after more than 20 years, making this a particularly good time to revisit the gloriously strange story of how they got here. Frontman and founding member Steve Mason tells that story in ‘Failure Is Always…...

16+ hour, 54+ min ago   (654+ words) Frank Zappa returned to Hollywood’s TTG Studios in October 1966 with The Mothers of Invention, a television crew, dancers, underground personalities and enough unpredictability to make the room feel closer to a happening than a conventional recording session. Six decades later,…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (638+ words) How ‘Whip It’ Turned Devo’s De-Evolution Theory Into New Wave’s Sharpest Concept That Eric Alper Devo began as a theory before it ever became a band, which is a fairly unusual way to build a career in rock and roll....

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (282+ words) The Kinks Celebrate 60 Years Of “Sunny Afternoon” With New Animated Video That Eric Alper The Kinks have given “Sunny Afternoon” a new animated life 60 years after the song first arrived in 1966. Written by Ray Davies, the classic became one of…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (569+ words) Death Valley Dreams Give Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game” A Dark Alternative Makeover That Eric Alper Death Valley Dreams have taken on Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game,” reshaping the enduring song with shimmering guitars, synth textures and the shadowy atmosphere that defines…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (420+ words) Judgement and hypocrisy collide with distorted funk on Moses Boyd’s “Criticise,” a collaboration with London vocalist Amber-Simone that turns questions about faith into a restless, high-energy groove. The track offers the first taste of Boyd’s second studio album, ‘Songs For…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (499+ words) Laura Misch has released ‘Lithic (Live at the Barbican),’ a live document of her largest headline performance to date, bringing the composer, songwriter and saxophonist’s elemental second album into one of London’s most distinctive concert halls. The performance turns the…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (552+ words) Phil Collins is opening a vault filled with handwritten lyrics, stage clothes, instruments and personal correspondence from one of the biggest periods of his career. Hundreds of pieces from the Phil and Jill Collins personal archive will be offered November…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (528+ words) Ashe has spent years writing toward ‘The Girl Of Your Dreams.’ Her fourth studio album arrives October 16, bringing her back together with longtime collaborator Noah Conrad for a record she describes as coming from the most healed and fully realized…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (786+ words) That Eric Alper George Clinton didn’t set out to build two bands. He set out to keep one band working after a contract dispute took its name away from him, and the workaround he improvised turned into one of the…...