Until recently, Jason Boesel sat behind the drum kit for artists like Rilo Kiley and Bright Eyes, but he's "ready to step out front"

Jason Boesel has confirmed his first solo U.S. tour in support of his debut album

For the last 15 years, LA-based drummer Jason Boesel has been planted firmly behind the kit, keeping time for the likes of Rilo Kiley, Bright Eyes, The Elected, and more recently, Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band.

I've never actually seen anybody call Jenny Lewis a carpetbagger. Too late now: The Las Vegas-born Rilo Kiley leading lady heads off such criticisms at the pass on "Carpetbaggers", a Jonathan Rice-penned country rocker from last year's Acid Tongue. In this clip from Sundance show "Spectacle: Elvis Costello With...", Lewis joins Costello himself,...

The twentieth anniversary edition of the annual Rock for Kids Rock & Roll Charity Auction will take place December 5 at Chicago's Park West, with the aim of raising some coin for the city's homeless and underprivileged youngsters. Over the years, the Rock for Kids auction has raised more than three million dollars for the cause, and they...