4/19/2011
Not only did R.E.M. come to define "alternative" rock for an entire generation; they shook off that somewhat limiting label and somehow managed the miraculous feat of ascending to stadium status withou …
|
4/19/2011
With 30 years in the rearview, and a staggering stack of classic singles hogging the spotlight, a few of R.E.M.'s finest moments have flown under the radar. Those who were hypnotized by Document's hits …
|
4/12/2011
In a world of hungry players, rapper Jim Jones remains one of the most ravenous: he's the joint CEO of Diplomat Records and an original member (along with Cam'ron and Freeky Zekey) of Harlem's Dipset, …
|
4/12/2011
Let's get one thing straight first: D.I.Y.-or-die bands didn't lose their relevance the second alt-rock stampeded across Top 40 radio stations and MTV. As OK Go has proved with their spastic concerts a …
|
4/12/2011
One of the ways OK Go first built their cult following wasn't through a word-of-mouth album or a music video meme. They did it like their heroes the Cars and Pixies - the old-fashioned way, through sho …
|
4/12/2011
True to the shadowy film noir nods of their album covers, the Raveonettes look and sound as if they stepped out of a black-and-white screen overrun with hard-drinking detectives and lip-pursing femme f …
|
4/12/2011
COMPLETE SET Oh, how our Britney has grown. And we mean our in every sense of the word: Since Britney Spears has remained on magazine racks, radio stations, and MTV for the past decade, she belo …
|
4/12/2011
When her Circus album dropped at the tail end of 2008, Britney Spears became the youngest female artist to have five albums debut at #1. One of the reasons she's remained right in the spotlight …
|
4/12/2011
Drummers with serious self-esteem issues should take a long, hard listen to Dave Grohl's second life as the Foo Fighters' stage-stealing frontman. Aside from being the kit-bashing backbeat of grunge's …
|
