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1. KISS Guitarist Ace Frehley Dies At 74

   KISS co-founder and guitarist Paul “Ace” Frehley died today (Oct. 16) from head injuries suffered during a recent fall in his recording studio. He was 74. “We are completely devastated and heartbroken,” his family said. “In his last moments, we were fortunate enough to have been able to surround him with loving, caring, peaceful words, thoughts, […]

2. The Cure Are 13 Songs Into A New Album

   It took the Cure 16 years to release a studio album after 2008's 4:13 Dream, but it seems that Robert Smith and company are working much more quickly in its wake.

3. How Latin Mafia Went From Making Beats in Their Parents’ Home to Two Latin Grammy Nominations

   On a sweltering Saturday afternoon at Austin City Limits, the de la Rosa brothers of Latin Mafia are drenched in sweat after performing on the Miller Lite Stage. As one of the few Latin acts on the bill, the trio carry themselves more like Mexican rock stars after inciting mosh pits and crowd-surfing during their […]

4. Horror Show: Night Moves Found Proof of ‘Double Life’ at Pachyderm Studios

   “What’s crazy is we had two different sessions at Pachyderm. And each time the power went out, which we already thought was really weird. In fact, the guy who runs the studio, Nick [Tveitbakk], said that never happened in 15 years,” John Pelant explained, while sitting on a lawn chair from the safety of his […]

5. The Time I Set My Amp on Fire Through the Power of Rock

   On one of the U.S. tours to support the album Alien Lanes, Guided By Voices, for whom I played bass guitar at that time, did a show at a club in Los Angeles called Spaceland. It was so new it didn’t even have a stage. The P.A. system was not top flight, either, which is […]

6. Beyoncé, Tyler, Missy Pay Tribute To D’Angelo

   Luminaries from throughout the music world are paying tribute to R&B icon D'Angelo, who died yesterday (Oct. 14) at the age of 51.

7. How Sweet: Sugar Return For First Shows Since 1995

   The trio will return to the stage May 2-3 at New York's Webster Hall and May 23-24 at London's Kentish Town Forum.

8. How the Pharcyde Led West Coast Hip-Hop Into a New Era

   It was 1991. The Pharcyde—Bootie Brown, Imani, Fatlip, and Slimkid3—were spending most of their time in Inglewood, California, at South Central Unit (SCU) studios recording demos, writing lyrics, and smoking copious amounts of weed. Around 5:00 p.m., when traffic was peaking in Los Angeles, the four of them would step outside and watch the girls […]

9. KORN DOG

   Freak On A Leash, named after the band’s 1998 hit song, features dog and cat clothing, toys, leashes, and collars, with designs by Jonathan’s stylist and friend Ashton Michael. The pieces, the guys will tell you, reflect Korn’s rock aesthetic and Ashton’s rebellious style, with gold accents, spikes, and a motorcycle leather motif. Although Jonathan […]

10. Driving into Lyrics: Songs That Reference Car Crashes & Their Real-world Parallels

    Among images in popular music, one of the most haunting figures is that of a car crash. Ironically, crashing into something has turned for many musicians into a metaphor for life’s misery, threatening danger, or the urge to rebel-from dramatic ballads to edgier rock anthems. Such cultural echoes, however, might make one think larger than […]