Singer Chan Marshall returns to glory on her ninth album, in stores now
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‘Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home’: Joe South, Appreciated
Upon his death at age 72, TIME recalls Joe South with a few clips that show his songwriting and performing skills
The xx Take Risks, Succeed on Coexist
The band’s much-anticipated sophomore album ‘Coexist’ debuts in the U.S. on Sept. 11
Back to School Essentials: 9 Pop-Culture Tips on Making a Good First Impression
An Oral History of Michael Jackson’s Bad
As the 25th anniversary of the album approaches, we take a look at the creation and legacy of a record-setting release
Music On Mars: New will.i.am Song to Get Martian Premiere This Afternoon
We come in (Black Eyed) Peas!
Alanis Morissette, Corin Tucker and the Frustrating/Promising State of Women in Rock
Alanis Morissette’s “Havoc and Bright Lights” is in stores today; Corin Tucker Band’s “Kill My Blues” drops Sept. 18th.
They Play Air Guitar Better Than You: Watch Nordic Thunder’s World Championship Performance
Last Friday, in the ancient—well, 17-year-old—traditional contest of wills, might and power-chord miming that is the Air Guitar World Championships, American Justin “Nordic Thunder” Howard rocked his way to glory. The champion beat out 11 other would-be guitar gods in the final round of the annual event, held in Oulu, Northern …
Foreigner’s Mick Jones on the Band’s Next Soundtrack Appearance
“If I listen back to something I’ve done and I get goose bumps, then I know I’m on the right track.”
On Hot Cakes, The Darkness Has More Sass Than Soul
This post is in partnership with Consequence of Sound, an online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene.
Hot Cakes starts off with a dirty joke, and not a very funny one at …
Bloc Party Returns to Punk Roots with Four
The London outfit returns from an extended hiatus with renewed purpose
Sixto Rodriguez, Secret Rock Star Behind Searching for Sugar Man
The musician, subject of a new documentary, was a manual laborer in Detroit — and, unbeknownst to him, a cultural touchstone in South Africa
Video Exclusive: Behind the Scenes with Matchbox Twenty
It’s been a decade since Matchbox Twenty, the band behind ’90s anthems like “3AM” and “Push,” released their most recent studio album, 2002′s More Than You Think You Are—but that doesn’t mean they haven’t been busy. The group’s …
