The premiere of a new album, plus a dissection of the history of the "Other Guy" from Patrick Stickles of Titus Andronicus.
Although laced with sadness, distress and fucked-upness, the overall effect of The Most Lamentable Tragedy is more triumphant than miserable.
The War on Drugs’ “Eyes to the Wind” is a grand anthem about the power of letting go.
My first attempt to start a band ended in a group trip to TCBY. But before that, the four of us spent a nerve-wracking almost half-hour in my room...
On February 7, 1964, the Beatles' plane arrived at the newly named John F. Kennedy International Airport, the beginning of a six-year run that...
For every Bob Dylan, there are a 1,000 Llewyn Davises — hopeful young men whose voices crack in all the right places, but reach in all the wrong...
The first time I went to see the musical Fun Home at the Public Theater, the lights came on after the first ten minutes, and a voice announced...
Some folks like to take a little time each day to remind themselves what they’re grateful for. As for me, I am grateful for the electric guitar...
The western Massachusetts band Speedy Ortiz's “No Below” is a strange summer hit. It’s a song about hitting rock bottom, about literally looking...
All the great rock & roll movies are about something besides rock & roll. Often, they tell the story of a hero, or more likely, an anti-hero, on a...
