Take our ink-stained hands and join us at the OldStand, where Jon McMillan goes to remind everyone what an honest-to-goodness music magazine is supposed to look like. It's spring, 1987, and Melody…   Read Story »

The bookers at Brooklyn Academy of Music really want you to pay them a visit. And it's been working. First news about Paul Simon's BAM residency (and his interest in Grizzly Bear for it) started…   Read Story »

Paul's been popping up in our neck of the woods a bit recently -- getting covered by Swedes like Lekman and P&B (noJ), paying his respects to Grizzly Bear, having respects paid by Vampire Weekend.…   Read Story »

Grizzly Bear were simply phenomenal Saturday night. The Wordless Music folks -- they of the series "that pairs rock and electronic musicians in an intimate setting with more traditionally understood…   Read Story »

Jens Lekman dropped by WNYC to chat with Soundcheck host John Schaffer and strip his "Burt Bacharach meets Donna Summer" sound for a solo acoustic performance. Jens discusses real life inspiration…   Read Story »

Interesting to see developments within the Fugees tribe over a decade after The Score. Pras is making films and docs, Lauryn's erratic as ever, and Wyclef is, well, still exuberant and…   Read Story »

While out in Cali soaking up the Hollywood love, P and B (no Jelly, he was busy being fancy in Scotland, recording with Steve Reich) visited Nic Harcourt to tape a session for his Morning Becomes…   Read Story »

The music mavens at the venerable Time magazine have compiled their list of the "ALL-TIME 100" albums -- unranked and broken down by decade. We're not sure what's better: that only five albums of the…   Read Story »

PRO: Rhymin' Simon may be a better rapper than K-Fed. CON: This song is still pretty terrible. Anyway, pretty colors: watch here (QT). Is now a good time to mention we're Edie Brickell fans? Yep.…   Read Story »