Why My Head Hurts

08/20/2024

The inventor aspired to install a massive phonograph inside the Statue of Liberty to make Lady Liberty capable of speech.

08/20/2024

The Woodstock Music Festival co-founder describes history and happenstance, as well as the beauty behind songs like “The Rain, The Park & Other Things.”

07/24/2024

John Mayall, the legendary and massively influential English guitarist known as the

07/10/2024

On Sept. 20, a massive collection from the Bob Dylan archives will be released via Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings. Titled Bob Dylan - The 1974 Live Recordings, it will encompass 431 tracks from the Dylan vaults, 417 of which have not previously been released officially. As a preview, here's an u...

07/10/2024

The B-52s caused mania during Mosswood Meltdown in Oakland, California, over the weekend.

07/03/2024

Milwaukee. July 29.

06/14/2024

A grunge icon and a former Bad Seed join The Saints for a special Australian tour this November.

06/12/2024

06/03/2024

05/29/2024

Milwaukee September 22

Later this year, Jane's Addiction and Love & Rockets will join forces for a co-headline tour, it was announced on Tuesday. Put on by Live Nation, this tour will be notable for a few reasons. First, it comes on the heels of Jane's Addiction's classic lineup -- vocalist Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave N...

05/18/2024

05/11/2024

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Books and Arts Editor Jim Higgins appears at Boswell with his new book, Sweet, Wild and Vicious: Listening to Lou Reed and the Vel...

05/08/2024

Steve Albini, the legendary record producer behind Nirvana's In Utero, Pixies' Surfer Rosa, and countless other alternative rock classics, has died of a heart attack. He was 61 years old.

05/07/2024

PRE-ORDER: Guided By Voices - ‘Tonics & Twisted Chasers’

Revered and sought-after psych-tinged lo-fi indie beauty from Guided By Voices’ mid-1990s purple patch, back one wax for the first time since it was released.

Once a very limited fanclub-only release, ‘Tonics & Twisted Chasers’ is getting reissued by Superior Viaduct. The nineteen track LP heard GBV at their most psychedelic, with their typical hook-laden power pop tracks rubbing up against arena rock anthems, folk lullabies, strange piano numbers, and lo-fi sketches.

On LP and translucent orange vinyl with an insert.

https://www.normanrecords.com/records/203198-guided-by-voices-tonics-twisted-chasers

05/02/2024

Duane Eddy, a legendary guitarist who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame back in 1994, has died at the age of 86.

05/02/2024

On May 8-14, Live Nation will host its popular Concert Week promotion, offering $25 tickets to a number of A-list musical acts, offering music fans a chance to get into concerts across the United States and Canada at drastically discounted prices -- while supplies last, of course. Music fans have ha...

05/02/2024

Siouxsie Sioux returns with on her first new recording in nine years: a duet of “The Passenger” with Iggy Pop for a new Magnum ice cream ad. Watch the ad here.

03/20/2024

PRE-ORDER: Shellac - ‘To All Trains’

Best news we’ve heard for a good while…

Steve Albini and co.’s legendary math/noise rock band are back with their first album in a decade.

We know nothing about what this record’s going to sound like, as the P.R. only mentioned the band wouldn’t be formally promoting it, but they’ll be embarking on an extensive tour after its release. It’s Shellac though - you know it’s going to be a quality record of off-kilter rhythms, hefty percussion, crunchy riffs, and aggro vocals.

Oh, and they’re making use of environmentally friendly pressing techniques - using all recycled material and methods which use 79% less C02 than the usual hydraulic PVC biz.

https://www.normanrecords.com/records/202521-shellac-to-all-trains

03/12/2024

On Monday, it was announced that Eric Carmen, longtime solo artist and power-pop icon known for his work with Cleveland rock/power-pop band The Raspberries, has passed away. A message was posted to Carmen's official website, penned by his wife, Amy: It is with tremendous sadness that we share the he...

02/27/2024

Big floppy tunes.

02/27/2024

A new festival called No Values has been announced, featuring a lineup of The Original Misfits, Iggy Pop, Turnstile, Social Distortion, Sublime, and more.

02/26/2024

02/06/2024

Southern Culture On The Skids has been consistently recording and touring around the world since 1983. Their musical journey has taken them from all-night North Carolina house parties to late night TV talk shows (Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show). Their legendary live shows are a testament to the t...

01/30/2024

UG Exclusive: 'I think it was more comfortable for me playing with Talking Heads than maybe just about any other thing I did.'

01/23/2024

Madison. June 22.

Last year's celebrated co-headline tour combining the forces of Pixies and Modest Mouse will head out on another run in Summer 2024, with Cat Power returning as a special guest. The Live Nation-sponsored tour was announced on Monday and will find the bands joining forces for 23 dates. The 2023 tour....

01/17/2024

“MDZhB” has been broadcasting since 1982. No one knows why.

01/12/2024

These 15 jazz albums for people not sure they like jazz provide a gateway to a style or artist – an invitation to enter and hopefully emerge wanting more.

01/02/2024

When I was young, I spent a lot of time in dusty, hole-in-the-wall record shops, rifling through battered milk crates...