Suburban dirtballs of the 1980s are a lost culture, worthy of academic study, that disappeared abruptly, leaving mysterious artifacts for future generations to work over. Think of them as, say, the ancient Mayans, only with mullets.
My name is Emily and this spring I went on a three week tour through the Midwestern and Southern United States with my band, Foxygen. More importantly, when I was not playing shows or looking for food, I scoured this great country of ours for hidden treasures of the thrift variety. I kept a diary of my expeditions to…
My name is Emily and I just finished a three week tour through the Midwestern and Southern United States with my band, Foxygen. More importantly, when I was not playing shows or looking for food, I scoured this great country of ours for hidden treasures of the thrift variety. I kept a diary of my expeditions to share…
Forget every other rendition of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" you have ever seen, because clearly this is the only one you will ever need ever.
If Axl Rose showed up to rent an apartment from you, what would you do? I mean, it's one thing to get a bad vibe based on someone's general demeanor and references, but what if their references were the international media and their general demeanor was a decades-long warpath of utter destruction? Well, that's the…
Axl Rose's ex is auctioning off some of the Guns N' Roses singer's love letters. Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are petty.
It seems that the days of groupies getting traded between rock bands for $50 and a case of beer weren't left to James Cameron's nostalgic film lens. Professor William T. Bielby has examined the sociological roots of rock groupiedom and its continued pervasiveness in a piece entitled Rock in a Hard Place: Grassroots…
Writer Marisa Meltzer, author of the new book 'Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music', has curated a miniseries of contemporary women's music for us this week. After the jump, Marisa's first contribution, a gallery of boys who sing girl-songs.
Does wearing a headscarf suddenly limit musical taste? Remona Aly pens a piece in the Guardian about "the call of rebellion, the claim for independence" she feels when she listens to rock and roll. [Guardian, Image: Kim Badawi]
Buddy Holly, who died 50 years ago today, wrote 1957's classic "Peggy Sue" about his drummer's girlfriend. Now 68, Peggy Sue Gerron calls it "a privilege, always. I never get tired of it." [BBC]
