Joni Mitchell, who had been largely retired from the music business since 2002, has joined Paul McCartney on the roster of Starbucks Entertainment’s Hear Music label. Mitchell’s new album, "Shine,"
In a bizarre collision of pop culture personalities, indie rocker Will Oldham and comedian Zack Galifianakis star in a new video for Kanye West’s single "Can’t Tell Me Nothing," which
Dragoon Records is pleased to announce the release of the new self-titled album from the Chicago based-band, The Redwalls. Set for an October 23rd release, THE REDWALLS was produced by
Har Mar Superstar (aka Sean Tillman) has revealed that he is in the midst of forming a band with Moldy Peaches man Adam Green and Klaxons Jamie Reynolds. The prolific
Every Panic fan knows the band’s legacy, has felt the tragedies, knows the song rotation cold, can talk album shop, and for the most part, has accepted Jimmy Herring as their mighty new lead guitarist. However, what few know is that that Bell (JB to most) is perhaps even more humble than most would assume.
A pair of bands with Chicago roots have announced one-off shows in the Windy City in the coming weeks. First up is a private Aug. 2 Pearl Jam concert at
This Saturday, the city of Berlin will dedicate a street to the memory of Frank Zappa. But Gail Zappa, wife of the late rock iconoclast, has threatened to sue the
Tori Amos has unveiled a slew of dates which will see her spend the last quarter of this year in the US and Canada. The singer will support the release
The minimalist veterans are back restraining their outward energy but grinding the internal millstone on their newest effort, Drums and Guns. Low went a bit poppy/mainstream (for them at least) with their last effort The Great Destroyer, but now it is back to bleak with Drums and Guns.
If taking eleven years off helps a band's sound as much as it did for Crowded House, perhaps every band needs to take an extended hiatus. Crowded House returned to New York City for the first time since 1996 on Thursday night for a brilliant performance at the Masonic Lodge. The band played in the stately Grand Lodge, a room better known for housing meetings of the usually secretive Free Masons than as a venue for a rock band.
