Last night, seven artists were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hal Of Fame: Lou Reed, Green Day, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bill Withers, and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band all received honors, and each got a speech and performance dedicated to them. There were a number of highlights, including an […]

The late Velvet Underground frontman was remembered by his widow, friends and admirers at the ceremony in Cleveland

Garbage aren’t the most active band these days, but they do make sure to do something new for Record Store Day every year. Two years ago, they enlisted Screaming Females’ Marissa Paternoster to help them cover Patti Smith’s “Because The Night,” and last year they teamed up with Brody Dalle on &am...

However, the final headliner set to join Foo Fighters and Kanye West is still a mystery

Even if you’re not a fan of Patti Smith, her memoir Just Kids deserved all of the attention that it received when it was published in 2010. Sure, it’s an autobiographical work, but it’s also a portrait of Smith’s relationship with the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and an homage to a particularly tu...