Big Star

Thirty years ago, there were two notorious punk bass players with monstrous aliases and reputations to match. Read More

Pity the loneliness of the long-distance British rapper. Read More

“I'm Tom Petty and behind me are The Heartbreakers . Read More

The Faces reunion is out, The Velvets, Big Star and The Beatles reunions are kind of on, Tom Waits is all over the place, Neil Young is compiling for the Bridge School, Massive Attack make a new album, Lady Gaga is old news to the Grammys, and a look at the good and the bad associated with live albums. Read More

Some people like to give gift certificates. Read More

Rarely has a band that produced such a small amount of music merited such accolades. Read More

In late 2003, this writer and another friend spent a few weeks doing some old-school serious reporting and digging to write a feature on the death of L.A. indie-songwriter Elliott Smith . Read More

While they may not have left the state of NY just yet, The Library might just make it past state lines to your ears soon enough. Read More

The third-best domestic opening in history (only "The Dark Knight" and "Spider-Man 3" did better); an estimated $140.7 million in North American ticket sales, which is double the business of the first movie in the franchise (titled, simply, "Twilight"); and the all-time best opening day (an estimated $72.7 million on Friday, vs. $67.2 million for "The Dark Knight," even though the latter opened in 342 more theaters). Read More

Dave Fischoff is a sonic successor to the painter Georges Seurat . Read More