Metal

This week, Jack "Skippy" McFadden, the head talent buyer at Union Hall and the Bell House in Park Slope, Brooklyn, will be responding to readers' questions about New York City clubs and the music scene in the last 15 years, his career promoting and booking bands and others. Read More

Oscar-winning actor/hottie Denzel Washington, 1954. Read More

Living Colour was a melodic metal band that made quite a splash in 1988 and I was certain back then they were headed straight toward superstardom. Read More

When the song The Farm hit Mexico 's airwaves this fall, it quickly became a sensation in a country increasingly frustrated by a 3-year-old war against drug cartels. Read More

Well holy hell, we're finally past all that holly jolly melee of the Christmas season and back to normal. Read More

When the song The Farm hit Mexico 's airwaves this fall, it quickly became a sensation in a country increasingly frustrated by a 3-year-old war against drug cartels. Read More

"TiK ToK," a zippy and salacious celebration of late nights and mornings-after by a new artist named Ke$ha, has spent the past few weeks zooming toward the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Read More

When I called to see him in our old apartments, shortly after my morning surgery, I found Sherlock Holmes standing by the window looking out at the snow descending on Baker Street and its population of Christmas shoppers. Read More

Most fans of this band will deride my choosing this Explosions album as their lone appearance in my top 50 list. Read More

No, 2009 didn't exactly amount to a watershed moment in popular-music history. Read More