Maybe you aren’t a rock star because your parents weren’t creative enough.
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Sunday morning, as rain flooded the streets and the sun refused to break through the dark clouds, Scott Malchus and his son ran the annual Santa Clarita 5K race.
Popdose calls Cars 2 a good direct-to-video movie that got stuck in the theaters.
A heaping serving of musical love for your Friday night date.
We add a little hip-hop flavor to Jheri Curl Fridays this week, with a video from rap pioneers Whodini.
Jennifer Lopez is making a Carmen Sandiego movie. We sense a trend brewing.
If you could only listen to five albums, which ones would you choose? In this edition of Desert Island Discs, Jason Corcoran of Gaston Light makes his picks.
To coincide with the long-awaited release of the Beach Boys SMiLE Sessions, the band has posted a new series of videos related to the legendary album.
Last week the computer looked brilliant thanks to only one team: the Philadelphia Eagles. The computer nailed its second-biggest bet of the season ($335) and collecting positive juice to boot…
Ram Jam’s “Black Betty” is undoubtedly one of the catchiest rock tunes of the ’70s. Too bad it didn’t infect the rest of their 1977 debut album.
When the conversation turns to great soul singers, Joe Simon’s name is not mentioned nearly enough. Ken Shane makes the case for the legendary hit maker.
In between flogging the shit out of their hit debut album, the guys in Mumford & Sons have apparently been working on some new material. They debuted a new track…
It’s bad enough to lose your job, but this is just insulting.
All of this week’s AM Gold tunes but one were Top 10 hits in 1966. But only one of them was covered and surpassed by one Mr. Phil Collins.
Chris Holmes and Scott Malchus take a look at the two fantasy series that premiered just before Halloween.
Ted Asregadoo emerges from the Listening Booth walking on clouds after hearing the new Ash Reiter EP, Heatwave.
It just seems like the right day for some crazy Hungarian Avant-garde metal, doesn’t it?
Clowns! Babies! Crab monsters! And more, from Attack the Block to Zombie.
At San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall late last week, the Felice Brothers proved themselves a long way from the early busking days that broke them onto the music scene…
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In the latest installment of Versionality, Kelly Stitzel takes a look at some of the many covers of Donovan’s “Season of the Witch.”
Rob Smith mourns a friend and discusses Dream Theater.
Parlour to Parlour heads outdoors once again, this time for a psych-folk-rock trip with Joshua Bruner of the great Northern California band Magic Leaves.
Scott Malchus celebrates Halloween with John Carpenter’s “The Thing” in this week’s Basement Songs
Molly Marinik reviews Roundabout’s newest off Broadway production, Sons of the Prophet. Bottom Line: sweet, funny, touching, and really pretty depressing.
While fans await the second season of The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, there is enough action, adventure and good humor here to tide them over.
