Let’s Come Right Out and Say It: This Guy Harlan Is the Next Prince Harlan is fine with having his music categorized as “pop.” But there is a huge difference between manufactured and meticulous; this is where Harlan leaves other pop acts in the three-chord-only, auto-tuned dust. You need to know about this guy. Read more More
Love For Levon: Eulogizing The Man, Losing The Band It was Levon who fought to keep The Band on the road. It was Levon who tried to preserve the spirit of The Band. It was Levon who kept it alive off the road. In death, in a sense, Old Dixie goes down with Levon. Read more More
The Band’s Levon Helm, 1940–2012 The Band’s drummer and singer, who battled throat cancer since the 1990s, passed away Thursday afternoon at the age of 71. Read more More
SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS = The Last Waltz of Our Generation? There will be a documentary about LCD Soundsystem’s farewell. To say that this has potential to be The Last Waltz of this generation may be a bit of a stretch, but as far as influence and appreciation go, it’s a reasonable facsimile. Read more More
Watch Wilco, Mavis Staples & Nick Lowe Practice "The Weight" Take a little Wilco, take a little Nick Lowe, add Mavis Staples and The Band’s famous tune she guest-sang on for The Last Waltz 35 years earlier, and you’ve got a backstage pass to something truly awesome. Watch this immediately. Read more More