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I'm standing in Chicago's Riviera Theatre in March of 2002. Read More

I see about 150 shows a year, with the number of memorable gigs balanced out, more or less, by those I wish I could forget. Read More

The British alt-rock band Fanfarlo has played a few odd venues in its three years of existence -- a Scottish cloisters, a London taxicab -- but it has never had a gig at some guy's desk. Read More

The man who calls himself DJ Death Boy [note: not his real name] hosts a regular East Bay cabaret called "Death Rock Dive Bar," notable for the facts that (1) it's held in a scrungy beer bar instead of a chrome-and-lasers nightclub, and (2) it's completely devoid of the synthetic futurepop, militant trance, and EBM played at most so-called "goth" clubs in the 21st Century. Read More

While White Blood Cells established The White Stripes as a force of minimalistic alternative rock, Elephant showed a band who's repertoire went deeper than three power chords and a bass drum. Read More

This is part eight of a 10-part series on Jared's favorite albums of each year of the decade. Read More

10 Best Albums (1) 13 (2) 19 (1) 1950s (1) 1962 (2) 1965 (1) 1970 (1) 1971 (2) 1972 (2) 1973 (2) 1975 (2) 1978 (1) 1980s (1) 1986 (1) 1991 (1) 1992 (1) 1996 (1) 20 Albums You Need to Buy (1) 2000 (1) 2001 recording (1) 2002 (5) 2005 (1) 2006 (4) 2007 (19) 2007 album (12) 2008 (92) 2008 Golden Globes (1) 2008 Tour (18) 2008. Read More

The winner of X Factor has been decided, the snow has begun to fall and the countdown to the New Year has begun - which can mean only one thing. Read More

Like many folks of a certain age, I have fond memories of the so-called alternative rock of the mid-'90s. Read More

Storyhill's John Hermanson and Darren "Kid Dakota" Jackson produced this full-length debut from Ellen Stanley, who records under the name Mother Banjo. Read More