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1. How Slide Away Got Hum And Chapterhouse Back Onstage

   The true draw is Palermo’s increasingly uncanny ability to coax beloved, elusive alternative bands back onto the stage — most notably this year’s reunions from Hum and Chapterhouse.

2. U2 Boards School Bus At Mexico City Video Shoot

   U2's Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. were spotted atop a school bus in Mexico City yesterday...

3. ‘Little’ By Little: Shania Twain Is Back Again

   Shania Twain is heading back to where it all started.

4. SPIN Magazine Expands Into Canada With Localized Editorial Platform

   SPIN Magazine is coming to the Great White North. For more than four decades, the music media brand has shaped American culture, but today, SPIN announces its expansion into Canada with a dedicated editorial presence focused on local artists, culture, and live music experiences.  Veteran Canadian media executive and NXNE founder Michael Hollett has been […]

5. Mountain Goats Intro New LP With Ode To Charlie Sheen

   Yes, the song is exactly what it sounds like.

6. Ween Refurbishes ’12 Golden Country Greats’

   On July 31, Rhino will celebrate the project's 30th anniversary with a 36-track deluxe edition.

7. Kid Sistr’s Irreverent Humor Is The Trio’s Not-So-Secret Weapon

   After a couple of hours of sitting with Kid Sistr’s guitarist-vocalist Sabel Englert, bassist Sara Keden, and drummer Becca Webster in the living room area of their producer Suzy Shinn’s studio home in Los Angeles, I realize I never have high quality social get-togethers like the ones I’ve had with these women this evening. They […]

8. ¡VIVA CUBA!

   One of many byproducts of the U.S.’s paternalistic-turned-antagonistic treatment of its southern neighbor is that few in the U.S. are really aware of the rich, storied Cuban musical scene that continues to thrive. And it does so in many forms, via longtime émigrés from the island like Albita Rodríguez, more recent settlers in the U.S. […]

9. Pearl Jam Returning To Action At Ohana Festival

   The group will introduce a new drummer, whose identity has yet to be confirmed, at Eddie Vedder's annual Ohana Festival in Dana Point, Ca.

10. Radiohead’s ‘Kid A,’ ‘Amnesiac’ Still Thrill At ‘Motion Picture House’

    A quarter of a century after Kid A and Amnesiac reshaped the possibilities of rock music, Radiohead has finally given that fractured, haunted universe a physical form.