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Art Brut Perfects Its Rock Talk Art Brut Perfects Its Rock Talk

Considering Art Brut’s charismatic lead sing-speaker, Eddie Argos, specializes... Read more....

Billy Bragg :: The Progressive Patriot: A Search For Belonging [Black Swan] Billy Bragg :: The Progressive Patriot: A Search For Belonging [Black Swan]

The Progressive Patriot: A Search for Belonging
Billy Bragg's notion of "Englishness" has taken quite a beating lately... Read more....

Can rock save the world? Can rock save the world?

Few people become musicians in order to bring about social change, but during the last 40 years, more and more artists have used their music and celebrity to raise awareness and gobs of cash for a variety of causes. Some have charged forth w... Read more....

Chris Epting :: Led Zeppelin Crashed Here: The Rock and Roll Landmarks of North America [Santa Monica Press] Chris Epting :: Led Zeppelin Crashed Here: The Rock and Roll Landmarks of North America [Santa Monica Press]

Led Zeppelin Crashed Here: The Rock and Roll Landmarks of North America
It’s a great book idea, the kind that flares to life after eight PBRs... Read more....

Daniel Wallace :: Mr. Sebastian and The Negro Magician [Doubleday] Daniel Wallace :: Mr. Sebastian and The Negro Magician [Doubleday]

Mr. Sebastian and The Negro Magician
Mythmaker Daniel Wallace—of Big Fish notoriety—serves up his strangest brew yet with this folksy, hyper-told novel... Read more....

Easy Tiger :: [Lost Highway] Easy Tiger :: [Lost Highway]

Prolific songwriter's heart still breaking (good news for us, anyway) Read more....

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga :: [Merge] Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga :: [Merge]

Austin band continues rebuilding sound it stripped bare on Kill the Moonlight Read more....

Guilt-rock: A confessional list Guilt-rock: A confessional list

We’ve all got guilty pleasures. We’re all a little nostalgic for the cheesy songs we loved in middle school. We all liked Duran Duran at some point. We all know every word to Lisa Loeb’s “Stay.” We all go to American Idol... Read more....

Have Mercy :: [Elixia] Have Mercy :: [Elixia]

Once-feral New York garage outfit looks back to groovy album-oriented rock Read more....

How to pick a Dylan song: Brian Ferry explains How to pick a Dylan song: Brian Ferry explains

As lead singer of legendary art-rock band Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry earned a reputation as one of music’s great innovators. But as forward-looking as Roxy Music was, there was always a side of Ferry that enjoyed looking back. Read more....

Icky Thump :: [Warner Bros./Wea] Icky Thump :: [Warner Bros./Wea]

Jack and Meg circle back to riveting classic rock and carny-bark Read more....

Irini Spanidou :: Before [Alfred A. Knopf] Irini Spanidou :: Before [Alfred A. Knopf]

Before
Beatrice has what it takes to be one of those... Read more....

It’s the end of the stream as we know it... :: <br>Or is it? A look at the internet radio controversy It’s the end of the stream as we know it... ::
Or is it? A look at the internet radio controversy

After years of suffering a music business that regularly resorts to suing its own customers, it’s easy to look at the crisis in Internet radio as a classic David and Goliath story — where the Davids are the true music lovers who slave away to promote deserving artists, without much scratch... Read more....

Jack Pendarvis :: Your Body is Changing Jack Pendarvis :: Your Body is Changing

Your Body is Changing
Jack Pendarvis’ first collection of stories heralded a new, brightly twisted voice in Southern humor... Read more....

Joan Druett :: Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World [Algonquin] Joan Druett :: Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World [Algonquin]

Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
Chaos creates brave men and whimpering creatures, and award-winning writer Joan Druett describes both in the captivating true ordeals of... Read more....
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