Joe Escalante lies semi-conscious on a cracked, dry lakebed somewhere north of LA, clad only in his socks and boxers. The two thugs who've... More >>

There's a couple of telling statistics in my list of the 10 Best Albums of 2000: six were released on indie labels, two were artist-owned label... More >>

For the past dozen years, Manu Chao, the Paris-born troubadour formerly of the French ethno-punk band Mano Negra, has helped define what critics... More >>

When Taj Mahal came on the scene in the late 1960s, he made a lot of radicals sick. He seemed like some benign and beneficent Uncle Remus, a... More >>

For Seattle's Blood Brothers, it's not so much the drugs or the rock & roll—it's the sex. And not the squeaky-clean, oooh-baby-baby,... More >>

Photo by Keith MayIf parents and politicians hated Ron D Core half as much as they hate the Eminems and Limp Bizkits of the world, he'd be mega... More >>

Listening to the Selby Tigers' new Charm City EP is like being at a pep rally. Their poppy punk gets you bobbing your head, clapping along and... More >>

When they hit the first snare at the first Mates of State show I ever saw, it was as if the Amazing Kreskin had smacked a gong and the crowd had... More >>

Photo by Jack GouldNumber of surly young white males spotted in Fred Durst drag (backward red Yankees ballcap) on the walk from the car to the... More >>

Tina Turner and Joe Cocker, who perform at the Arrowhead Pond, have much in common. They both forged successful careers in their early years by... More >>