Politik-ians Mark de Clive-Lowe and Bembe Segue are well known in the UK nu-jazz scene: de Clive-Lowe for making jazzy, broken-beat tracks akin... More >>

The defining line between good and crap rock & roll has more to do with attitude and appearance than it does great hooks and catchy choruses.... More >>

Chris Knight of Metallica tribute band Damage Inc found a way to keep his teenage headbanging hopes alive while doing the day-job thing and all... More >>

It's coming up on 20 years since a certain group of Riverside hombres packed into a practice room, swirled musical passion with unflinching... More >>

Conventional wisdom says Los Angeles noise-rock band the Icarus Line should be dead. Since the quintet's last offering, 2004's Penance Soiree,... More >>

Rob Crow is tired. He sounds it, and he says so. It's not surprising. After all, I could use half my allotted word count just listing his current... More >>

Welcome to the debut of Sprawl of Sound. I hope to use this space for alerting you to what I consider to be the most interesting music skittering... More >>

Last year's Nina Simone Remixed & Reimagined was just that: Simone as an iconic karaoke Angela Davis with something to say—and vocal... More >>

Funkstörung's jagged electro sorties; freakily funky glitch-hop; and inventive remixes for Björk, Wu-Tang Clan and War stand as some of... More >>

If he hadn't choked to death in London's Samarkand Hotel 37 years ago, how many mediocre records would Jimi Hendrix have dropped by now? Stevie,... More >>