Queensland, Australia, quartet Violent Soho are the latest signing by Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore to his Ecstatic Peace label ...

Robert Pollard is sort of an anti-rock star. The by-now 50-something former Dayton, Ohio, schoolteacher manages to rock out without any of the supposed accessories: no tattoos ...

Adam Franklin originally played guitar in the Stooges-titled band Shake Appeal, but gained widespread attention for the London-based group Swervedriver...

Corinne Bailey Rae rose to prominence in 2006 with her self-titled debut, an album of Starbucks-ready RB ballads whose sweet, sleepy melodies lacked the staying power of a strong double latte.

Some musicians take a while to get revved up, polishing their songs and performance until they reveal their art to the world.

2009 was rough. It started off with hope for change and ended with, “Well, this will do for now.” But you know that theory linking suffering to good art?

Garage rock has a curiously dubious nature. Based on the notion that garage inherently champions a primordial version of rock & roll over the thoughtfully orchestrated fret acrobatics of, say, a progressive band ...

Where might The Lawrence Arms be without booze? Knowing how frequently the Chicago trio uses alcohol and its attached subtexts as lyrical fuel, it’s hard to imagine their woebegone, crooked punk devoid of this cliché.

Drop Dead Julio carve out their own niche in local music with riff-driven melodies and singer Gene Kennedy's somewhere this-side-of-emo delivery.

Gaza possess an inane ability to flex out beyond the fringes of transition: when matters seem most clear on He Is Never Coming Back...