Artists including Graham Coxon, Franz Ferdinand, The Stooges, Sonic Youth and Tom Waits are offering rare or unreleased material as part of this year's Record Store Day.

Iggy Pop loves controversial French writer Michel Houellebecq. I mean, who doesn't? Right? Transgressive, satirical novels that may or may not be totally racist depending on who you ask? That's just about everybody's favorite thing, right? Last year, Iggy recorded seven songs for Last Words, a documentary about Houellebecq's attempts to turn h...

For reasons that can probably all be traced back to Dave Navarro's constant shirtlessness, Jane's Addiction rarely get the respect they deserve. No Pitchfork 500 inclusion, for one! Jane's frontman Perry Farrell founded Lollapalooza. That means no Jane's, no early 90s alt-rock takeover, which means most of the people reading this would still b...

These days Bono is really into overblown metaphors that once unpacked mean nothing. During their tenure, Death -- the Detroit trio of David Hackney, Bobby Hackney, Dannis Hackney -- were more about cutting to the chase, punk-rock style. I bring them up because their 1975 album ...For the Whole World to See, engineered by Jim Vitti (Parliament/Fu...

Ron Asheton's brother Scott and sister Kathy have paid tribute to the guitarist and thanked fans for their messages of support after his death was announced earlier this month.