Is it just me or is everyone moving to Berlin these days? Case in point: Xiu Xiu, whose recent relocation there from Los Angeles served as a major motivator behind their new album 13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips, out in September. The experimental stalwarts are previewing the record with its lead single &#...

I have never heard a Def Leppard song and thought to myself that it could really use a Tom Morello solo, but maybe that means I just lack vision. On paper, the combination of Def Lep and Rage Against the Machine axe-wrecker Morello seems truly random. You could maybe argue that Leppard songs like “Rocket” foreshadowed RATM&am...

Last year, Paul Gadd, more commonly known as the former glam rock star Gary Glitter, was let out of prison after serving half of his 16-year sentence. Today, he was ordered to pay $650,000 to a victim he abused when she was 12 years old.

I always knew that the person whose name I’d call at the end of it all would be another Joanna Newsom superfan. Besides being into shit like elves and throwing ass once a year at a Ren Faire, what Newsom fans seem to have in common is a plant-like heart and an ability to see life from a falling pilot’s vantage point. In Newso...

The utterly chill and dadded-out indie veterans Real Estate do not strike me as the most natural touring partners for the frenetic, experimental, nouveau-hip Water From Your Eyes. But the bands were on the road together this month, and one thing they apparently have in common is a love for Pavement. Onstage Sunday at Atlanta’s Variety ...