Nick Rudd

Thursday at McDonald's in Garner, N.C., a bedroom community just beyond the city limits of Raleigh. 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

The first great Iraq war film proves so universal that it can stand among the classics from past wars. Read More

"Last Day Of Summer" will come as a bit of a surprise to anyone who is already a fan of the technically cavalier post rock stylings of Sons of Alpha Centuri (SOAC) – whereas they previously lulled us into a false sense of calm before ripping across the musical spectrum like cutting comment at a hostile band practice, here they unleash the beast and just give us the best of everything they've got. Read More

From Goldfrapp and Karen O to Nick Cave, more and more big names from the world of pop and rock are lining up to write music for films. Read More

Much of the past decade unfolded in the shadow of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and our leaders' reaction to it. Read More