ELLIOTT, FALSE CATHEDRALS (REVELATION RECORDS): Haunting, crashing, beautiful, sad, gut-wrenchingly emo-riffic stuff with a cool pulsing beat and... More >>

For several years now, my record collection—thousands of vinyl LPs—has been stored away in my mother's garage. My tiny... More >>

FUTURE BIBLE HEROES I'M LONELY (AND I LOVE IT) MERGE The only thing better than a guilty pleasure is two guilty pleasures—in this case,... More >>

Spring 1982. Saturday Night Live back when it was really, really bad and unfunny, a couple of years removed from its early glory days but before... More >>

Certain people act truly horrified when they find out I didn't hate THE GRATEFUL DEAD. They seem to expect that because I'm a lover of blues,... More >>

A preview of this year's Noise Fest at Koo's Art Cafe:... More >>

Buzz begins in unusual places. At the tail end of a much-CC'd e-mail, almost as an afterthought. As a story pitch left on your answering machine... More >>

There is something very perfect about Paul and Lara McAdams, the brother and sister who comprise the pop duo Paul and Lara. To begin with,... More >>

Among the first songs I recall hearing as a little boy-kid in Syracuse was DION's "Runaround Sue," along with such equally greasy 1961 fare as... More >>

Hightone Records has served up a serious triple-threat with superb new releases from HANK THOMPSON, DAVE ALVIN, and BIG SANDY & HIS FLY-RITE... More >>