We've spoken about Scratch My Back, Peter Gabriel's anticipated Bob Ezrin-produced orchestral covers collection featuring reinterpretations of Radiohead, Arcade Fire, the Magnetic Fields, Bon Iver,…   Read Story »

Gift Guides help narrow things down a bit, but they're still just providing you with someone else's guess work. Try as you might, the holiday season brings plenty of pointless gifts along with its…   Read Story »

Two years ago Damon Albarn told NME that Gorillaz wouldn't make any more pop records. But you know better than to take Damon's word on the future of his endeavors. In a recent interview with the…   Read Story »

The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame celebrated a quarter century as the self-appointed, oft-suspect gatekeeper for canonical artists in the rock world (no Replacements, no Sonic Youth, no etcs. -- no vote…   Read Story »

Last night Carnegie Hall hosted the biggest assortment of megastars this side of the Orpheum for a (RED)NIGHTS charity show, benefiting the Global Fund's efforts against the African AIDS epidemic.…   Read Story »

If you weren't talking about the weather in Grant Park this weekend, you weren't in Grant Park this weekend. And really that would've been a shame. It was oppressive at times, but despite -- or as…   Read Story »

Lou Reed, Decemberists, Neko Case, and Andrew Bird will also perform according to Daily Swarm. Tool and the Killers join previously announced headliners Beastie Boys, Depeche Mode and Jane's…   Read Story »

We posted the audio version of "Caroline Says, Pt. II." It's from Lou Reed's December '06 performance of Berlin at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn. As mentioned, Matador's releasing said concert as a…   Read Story »

We've mentioned Julian Schnabel's documentary Lou Reed's Berlin along with Lou Reed's diss of Lester Bangs. The film's out this fall, the diss largely forgotten. Anyhow, Lou Reed's Berlin includes a…   Read Story »

Lou Reed isn't the sunniest guy in the world. Nor is he the most humble. Or so it's often alleged. Still, proven or not, it's not very surprising that he got bent out of shape in his responses to New…   Read Story »