Now that he's known as the puppet master behind Gorillaz - the world's first platinum-plated cartoon band - it's easy to forget Damon Albarn's other life as the highly influential frontman of Blur. Beg …

More than just a Britpop band with style to spare, Blur has always embraced the wildly experimental sides of its four very different members. On one end of the spectrum, there are deceptively simple tr …

If you ask most music critics why PJ Harvey's important, they'll tell you that she's the mascara-smearing, stereotype-stomping queen of alt-rock - a force to be reckoned with, really, and more of a rio …

When Josh Homme asked PJ Harvey to track some vocals for his ongoing Desert Sessions project, she didn't just hold her own against the Queens of the Stone Age frontman; she owned the track, writhing he …

In the mid-'80s, while the Sunset Strip was riding high on a tousle of teased coifs, something else entirely was bubbling up in Los Angeles' darker corners. Fusing metal with punk, funk, and an unmatch …

Formed in Sydney in the wake of punk rock and disco, INXS harnessed the strengths of those two genres - aggressive power and danceability - into one intoxicating concoction. Concise early work with sle …

Compare Conor Oberst to the greats if you must - Springsteen, Dylan, Young - but here's the thing: whether he's assuming the frontman position in his full-time gig, Bright Eyes, or taking a break with  …

Like Bob Dylan during his espresso-slamming days in New York's West Village, Conor Oberst has maintained a wildly prolific work ethic over the years - enough that it's nearly impossible to keep up with …

In the roll call of jazz trumpet greats, Chet Baker's name doesn't always ring out as often as it should, even though his originality and impact rivaled those of anyone from Fats Navarro to Freddie Hub …