After six albums with The White Stripes — and a few behind-the-scenes detours — the guitar god puts forth his first solo effort: a playful “debut” album
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Everything You Missed at Coachella’s Second Weekend
Rambling On: Levon Helm, The Band’s Drummer, Dies at Age 71
Levon Helm, who died in New York on April 19, age 71, from the cancer that he had been fighting for more than a decade, was one of the most celebrated rock drummers of the last 50 years. He uniquely embodied two sets of folk …
The Last Waltz: A Look at Levon Helm’s Greatest Performance
On Thanksgiving Day 1976 The Band performed with some of their friends—arguably the greatest lineup of musical talent ever assembled. But the heart of the show was always the man behind the drums
Hey, Hey Let Them In: 10 Reasons The Monkees Should Be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Twelve performers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. The Monkees weren’t one of them. TIME makes a case for the pop-rock group that changed music forever — one sitcom episode at a time
Which Cities Are Setting Music Trends? Not the Ones You’d Think
Moonface’s Heartbreaking Bravery: Love Hurts, But It Sure Sounds Good
More startling lyrical depth from Spencer Krug, who inspects life’s darker corners.
Next Step for Tupac’s Hologram: National Tour?
The Tupac Shakur light projection that rocked Coachella may be coming to an arena near you.
Pop Prediction: The Next Big Girl Group
We’ve seen the meteoric rise of the boy band One Direction. Who will be their female counterparts?
Tupac Shakur and Everything Else You Missed at Coachella This Weekend
Deep in the Mojave Desert, the 2012 Coachella Music and Arts Festival kicked off on Friday, April 13. For the first time ever, the festival was divided into two consecutive weekends of three-day festivals. That’s 143 bands in …
The Week Ahead: One, Two, Three Shades of Grey
Every Monday, for your planning purposes, we will lay out the week ahead in entertainment. (All times refer to EDT.)
It’s 150 Shades of Grey Now
The first book in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, a series of NSFW novels by …
M. Ward’s A Wasteland Companion: The Folk-Rocker Delivers Again
The singer/songwriter puts forth one of his best solo efforts — while remembering what made She & Him such a crossover success.
The Week Ahead: Let’s Hear It For the Girls
Every Monday, for your planning purposes, we will lay out the week ahead in entertainment. (All times refer to EDT.)
Girls premieres Sunday at 10:30 pm on HBO
One of the year’s most eagerly anticipated and ubiquitously …