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The problem with so many recent Weezer albums is that they tend to have a killer single or two that remind us why Rivers Cuomo is a genius, surrounded by auto-pilot power pop that leaves you wanting less...

Initially I thought I'd compile a bright playlist of songs about the sun to help combat the blahs that's sure to inflict many of us this fall and winter...

It’s been a long time since I listened to, watched, or bathed in the bodily secretions of GWAR. Yet it’s hard to forget the ultra-theatrical, uber-juvenile, wet-and-splashy antics of the band that called KISS’s showmanship and raised it by multiple decapitations and several buckets of blood.

Old and new favorites dominate this week's new release round-up. Two smoking live sets from venerable figures in contemporary jazz offer the latest disproof of the music's demise...

Radiohead’s Kid A has always invoked the sharpest mental images. ...

When Mission of Burma reunited in 2002, they followed up a series of well-received shows with a brand spanking new full-length, OnOffOn, in 2004...

The title of the new Flaming Lips album, Embryonic, refers to how most of the songs were recorded during the very early stages of their creation. The result is an album which sounds completely foreign to what the band has been releasing since 1999’s The Soft Bulletin.

Robin D.G. Kelley's massive new biography Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original is first and foremost a demystification of the composer's life...

Everyone talks about a how a specific record changed their life. I can't really say that about any one album, but there have been records that touched my core. One of them is Agaetis Byrjun by Sigur Ros.

R.E.M. revisits past glories with an inspired 39-song live set that features new material alongside some of the band's deepest, most enduring album cuts from the '80s.

Among the world’s diverse religious beliefs is the notion ERIC CLAPTON IS GOD. It’s hardly the wackiest idea, and it has more evidence behind it than most. Unlike Zeus and Wilt Chamberlain, Eric Clapton is as real as you or me, only considerably more awesome.

Featured picks include an R.E.M. live album that'll put a smile on the faces of diehard fans of the venerable Athens quartet and a Fela Kuti double disc compilation that demands to be heard. Tune in and turn it up!

Another year and another absolutely pristine reunion album from a seemingly left for dead 90’s alt-rock casualty. The band reborn this time is math-rock vets, Polvo.

There are many ways for musical artists to break it big these days, but winning an Academy Award might be the most unorthodox of all. That’s the path that Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova took. The two hooked up to star in the indie film Once two years ago, and the rest is history.