There's a reason certain guitar riffs stop you cold the moment they hit. They don't just open songs - they carry whole worlds inside them. A real riff is a story compressed into a few seconds of sound ...

Chicago’s Riot Fest Unveils 2026 Lineup: Alanis Morissette, Tool, Morrissey and More "This isn't a greatest hits album, as ...

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Some songs write themselves to the point where lyrics are not needed. Such is the case with these five gems from the genre of ...

When Barret Hansen, better known as Dr. Demento, recently ended his weekly show, he had spent 55 years spinning weird, silly, ...

In the 1990s, Irish Hollywood star Cillian Murphy was part of a jazz-influenced band known as The Sons of Mr Green Genes - ...

The immensely successful 1986 film Pretty in Pink gave birth to an equally popular hit soundtrack album back in the day. In honor of its 40th anniversary, Universal Music and A&M Records have issued a ...

Originally released back in 2016, a career spanning compilation titled ‘ZAPPAtite – Frank Zappa’s Tastiest Tracks’ is coming ...

On top of that, I noticed that whenever I tell some of his more die-hard fans my pick for best track and beyond, they’re a ...

From Lou Reed and Bob Dylan to The Beatles and Brian Wilson, we're looking at the worst songs by otherwise great artists.

Ike Willis, the vocalist/guitarist in Frank Zappa's studio and touring band in the late 1970s through the late 1980s had died at age 70.