Last year, the widely beloved New York singer-songwriter Jesse Malin, a veteran of punk bands like Heart Attack and D Generation, suffered a rare spinal stroke that left him partially paralyzed. Malin’s peers and admirers raised money for his recovery, and stars like Bruce Springsteen and Billie Joe Armstrong covered his songs on the f...

This past weekend, the loquacious and bodacious noise-rock band Chat Pile and the neoclassical metal experimentalist Lingua Ignota hosted a unique event at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, which served as the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel in The Shining. The bands both performed on Friday and Saturday night, with two very differen...

Last night, the Hold Steady, one of the greatest live bands on the planet, made their triumphant return to the Brooklyn Bowl, the venue that’s become their unofficial home base. The Hold Steady played pandemic-era livestreamed shows at the Brooklyn Bowl, and they’ve played other shows elsewhere since shows started happening, ...

Last year, Counting Crows celebrated 25 years together as a band, an occasion we marked with an interview with frontman Adam Duritz for our Tracking Down franchise. Their debut album, August And Everything After came out in 1993. Curiously enough, though, the album's title track has never been released, even though its original lyrics were&#...

Of all of the acts to spill out of the '90s Bay Area rock scene, adult-alternative troubadours Counting Crows have been one of the most enduring. Right around the time Green Day were rattling the walls of Berkley punk incubator 924 Gilman, Adam Duritz and Counting Crows guitarist David Bryson were on the other side…