I don’t know why I even bothered to watch the VMAs. I suppose, by default, they managed to win a controlling share of my vague, morbid curiosity last night.

Rihanna sucked, and so… More

Wandering around the internet today, I came across something I wish I had seen 2 months ago: This interview Josh Homme did with SF Weekly, where they ask him about this scorching interview… More

Jack White’s Third Man Records’ new online members-only club “The Vault” comes from the seemingly unlikeliest of places: Modlife, brainchild of the poop joke guy from… More

You want to watch a movie? Here’s a documentary we found called Before The Music Dies. You will be inspired. More

We gave Billy Corgan a generous benefit of the doubt when he announced (among other, barely intelligible things) plans to challenge the concept of the album with the… More

Trent Reznor’s urging all musicians to follow in his lead and ditch their record labels. After Nine Inch Nails ended their bumpy ride with Universal in 2007, Reznor’s been on a… More

Josh Homme is not what you’d call a soft-spoken guy. Locked in a Detroit hotel room, the Queens Of The Stone Age frontman answers the phone by yelling “Johnny Firecloud” over and over… More

Since I was 14, I’ve been waiting for the new Guns N’ Roses album, and I’ve always known its name: Chinese Democracy. The phrase is now more universally defined as the new Guns N’… More

The decision to do a completely serious, in depth interview with Hanson may already have one of your eyebrows raised, dear reader. But it’s been a long time coming,… More

If you’re a regular here, you know we’ve been pushing the music of Crown City Rockers, as well as the solo releases from MC Raashan Ahmad, for quite… More

We’d like to share with you a conversation we recently had with Ian Rogers, CEO of Topspin Media. It’s an optimistic one for a change, looking at a landscape where… More

After stomping onto the scene in ‘91 with their crushing Pitchfork EP, Clutch has spent the past 17 years in a vicious touring and recording cycle, honing their… More

Clay Shirky is the namesake of the so-called “Shirky Principle,” which essentially states: Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution. More

So I’m browsing around on a certain online music storefront that is going to get a new asshole on here one of these days, and this photo slides into view:

You know how sometimes you… More

Electric Six rose to power in 2001, setting fire to the disco with their song Danger! High Voltage. Since then, they’ve develped a cult following with their flair for clever… More

There are very good reasons for the world of difference you see when Apple releases a new project or service, and a company like Universal Music Group does it. More

Has there ever been a hit song in the states by hip-hop artist with a strong British accent? Not that I can think of. But if there was ever a contender, it’s Thou Shalt Always… More

OK Go has a new album out this week, and a new clever video for a new catchy song. However, this time around, the band has been forced to accept that they’ll never see… More

In 2000, Lars Ulrich and Metallica famously sued Napster, and published a 60,000 page printout of names of fans who had traded their music in MP3 format online. This established Metallica,… More

The limited edition Nine Inch Nails CD/DVD now in my hands may be brand new, but the music on it isn’t. We reviewed the album, entitled The Slip, when mastermind… More