“Gold Soundz” was not the best song of the ’90s. It wasn’t even Pavement’s best song of the ’90s. (I’ll make that claim without leaving the confines of Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, let alone their larger output from the decade.) Whatever the final score, the reunited group chos...

Pavement week in the city has begun. The New Yorker’s asked if you remember where your tickets are, a fair question and a shared crisis for most who succumbed to the hysterical rush on Ticketmaster one year ago to buy access to this Tuesday’s show at Central Park, only to watch a second, third, even [...]

Final bill for Las Vegas 'Lost Weekend' announced

Pavement are no strangers to cool contests, but this latest one definitely beats roaming around IKEA with Bob Nastanovich (no offense Bob/Sweden). Pavement will perform on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 9/23 and one lucky fan will be joining the band on guitar. To enter, upload a video of yourself covering one of the songs [...]

Industrial metallers Fear Factory's UK tour ended in disaster this morning as their tour bus caught fire.The band, who were lucky to make it out of the vehicle alive, were en route from a gig in Sheffield to a London airport when their driver noticed smoke coming from the back wheel of the bus at approximately 3:30AM."He tried to extinguish it b...