Rock

You can count on all the essentials from the Rock 101 primer surfacing at a Mana concert: surging anthems, political oratory, fog, explosions, interminable solos and a fever-pitch atmosphere...

Pumpkins, Arcade Fire, NIN to Rock Reading/Leeds Also: Bloc Party, LCD Soundsystem, Interpol, Klaxons, CSS, Maximo Park, the Gossip Though we Yanks have been playing catch-up these last few years when it comes to big summer rock festivals, those European...

Charlotte-based rock band La Rua, an innovative and influential presence in the regional Latin music scene, called it quits this week...

Mar 22, 2007 Lyndi Starr had worked many positions during her four years at 105.7-FM The X, but her love was being on the air, said program director Ken Carson. Starr died Tuesday. She was 23...

Amy Winehouse and the Fratellis spearhead Britain's latest chart assault Joanna Walters in Austin, Texas A new wave of British bands is taking the United States by storm - and being credited with 'saving pop music' in America...

Air, Phoenix to Rock Versailles What better way to soundtrack a place where peace was made than with the calming electronics of and the soft rock stylings of ? The labelmates and French indie favorites will join forces for a special June 29 gig at their...

Grandmaster Flash said that his induction was an honor "to every break dancer, to every graffiti artist, to every MC, to every DJ" because it should offer them inspiration...

The lucrative prospects of a reunion tour can get to even the staunchest of socialists, and since their reunion at Coachella in April, it seems they have decided to embrace their capitalist urges and schedule more dates...

Should rock critics be musicians? Part XXXVII Still catching up on reading since the madness of SXSW but I was particularly interested in this article, trying to tackle the age-old issue on should rock critics be musicians? : - Greil Marcus,...