Everything about Babymetal is metal
Just about everything in Babymetal is named after metal — the band, its two members Su-metal and Moametal, its previous album "Metal Resistance," its upcoming album "Metal Galaxy" and its...
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Riot Fest 2019: 10 bands you have to see this weekend
Now that Warped Tour has vanished and Lollapalooza, Coachella and the other big festivals have long since filled their top headliner slots with the biggest of pop megastars, Riot Fest...
After almost four decades, there is still no room for error in the work of King Crimson
By his own admission, Tony Levin, the accomplished bass player who has worked with John Lennon and Paul Simon, tours with Peter Gabriel and handled complicated musical arrangements alongside virtuoso...
Squeeze still making its pop magic from tunes about life’s little things, toothbrushes, laundry, surfboards and locker keys
Last year, Chris Difford went to a Foo Fighters concert and met the band. And nobody wanted to go home — or so they said. "They had this incredible team...
Lollapalooza afterparties are often cooler than the fest itself — here are the eight best ones
Lollapalooza is hot, expensive and exhilarating, but fans of individual hip-hop, rock, pop and country stars who don't feel like sharing the experience with zillions of people can cram instead...
After spending time with beauty Bill Callahan is back, after five years, with some beauty of his own
For several months, Bill Callahan lived in beatific Santa Barbara, Calif., while his wife, Hanly Banks, pursued a therapy degree. He couldn't get a thing done. "Santa Barbara was just,...
‘We’re not trying to raise the dead,’ says Dio drummer Simon Wright of the Ronnie James Dio hologram show hitting town
Every night on stage, Simon Wright takes his familiar seat behind the drum kit, a few feet away from his old friend Ronnie James Dio, the heavy-metal singer with the...
Chicago Blues Fest: 7 must-see shows, from Bettye LaVette to Bobby Rush
Those who don't feel like schlepping Faygo soda to Joliet on Friday to spray all over Insane Clown Posse will have to settle for the Chicago Blues Festival in Millennium...
Big Boi: daddy first, rap mogul second
Unlike Andre 3000, who recently declared himself "all over the place," said he "never went on dates" and didn't want to "meet anybody's parents," Big Boi has a foundation. He...
Eric B. and Rakim, like many reunited groups, did a one-off that became something more
Before he used his fingers for scratching records on turntables, in high school, Eric Barrier carefully placed them on trumpet valves and guitar strings. And sometimes not so carefully. "We...