Spiraling

Ahead of releasing his latest full length Alterations , Mark Northfield took the liberty of composing a detailed track-by-track guide for the album and posting it on his personal website. Read More

"I declare that the Beatles are mutants, prototypes of evolutionary agents sent by God, endowed with a mysterious power to create a new human species."--Read More

Keane is a band that wears its heart on its sleeve. Read More

Have you heard that awesome record that came out last week from that band from Baltimore? Read More

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Read More

Few rock musicians over the past 15 years have managed to sell millions of records, gain sustained approval from indie-doms' critical academy, and maintain a relatively unwavering artistic vision with more regularity and confidence than Jack White. Read More

Japandroids' second full-length album Celebration Rock, out June 5th, is one of the year's most thrilling rock records, a concise collection of songs that split the difference between the arena-ready anthems of Bruce Springsteen and the raw, full-throttle energy of hardcore punk. Read More

Death Grips come from this planet—or at least they are passing through Sacramento right now—but their music comes from other worlds and other futures, or maybe the one exact night in 1987 when a guy in a Max Headroom mask took over Chicago's television airwaves for 90 seconds of high-volume high-contrast media hijacking. Read More

(Associated Press Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Barnes & Noble and the e-reader competitionBarnes & Noble Inc. makes a variety of Nooks with black-and-white screens, dedicated to reading, and the Nook Color and Nook Tablet, which add color screens, third-party applications and Internet browsing to the mix. Read More

The story of Hole drummer Patty Schemel as an outsider in the middle of the grunge revolution sees the light of day with the new documentary Hit So Hard. But is it a story worth checking out? 411's Jeremy Thomas checks in with his full review! Read More