Phil Spector

Last Night: Tony Orlando (Minus Dawn) at Hard Rock Live

Jazzy Jeff

Hags to Riches

They're tough. They're rowdy. And they're on the way up. They're L7.

Lessons of a Lounge Lizard

Oh, sweet youth! The pain, the suffering, the heartbreak. The champagne, the nightclubs, the women.

Swelter 9

Oh, sweet youth! The pain, the suffering, the heartbreak. The champagne, the nightclubs, the women.

The Best Christmas Albums of 2008

Have a headbanging holiday.

Thank You for the Music

But your movie's kinda drab. Mamma Mia! drains the fun out of ABBA.

The Magnetic Fields

Distortion (Nonesuch)

Jingle Bell Rock

It's the most wonderful time of the year for these guilty pleasures.

Girls, Aloud

A new Shangri-Las compilation reminds pop tarts how it's really done.

The Ike Reilly Assassination

We Belong to the Staggering Evening (Rock Ridge Music)

The Atlantic Divide

Ten bands that weren't singing Yankee Doodle Dandy in '06

Negro Modelo

After blackface, gay-baiting, nervous breakdowns, and Aryan brotherhood, Turbonegro reclaims the States

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

The Rising "Columbia"

Pet Shop Boys

Release Sanctuary

Three-Minute Hero

The power-pop life and times of Marshall Crenshaw

Various Artists

Doo Wop 50, Volumes One and Two (Rhino Home Video)

Dubbed Out

Doo Wop 50, Volumes One and Two (Rhino Home Video)

Who's the Boss?

Doo Wop 50, Volumes One and Two (Rhino Home Video)

Hello, Old Friend

Doo Wop 50, Volumes One and Two (Rhino Home Video)

Dub and Dumber

Doo Wop 50, Volumes One and Two (Rhino Home Video)

A Sleighful of Yays and Nays

Doo Wop 50, Volumes One and Two (Rhino Home Video)

Rotations

Doo Wop 50, Volumes One and Two (Rhino Home Video)

Solid As a Rock

Doo Wop 50, Volumes One and Two (Rhino Home Video)

Rocket's Punk Blare

Doo Wop 50, Volumes One and Two (Rhino Home Video)

Top Ten Thursdays: The Top Ten Wonderfully Weird Dylan Performances

Bob Dylan, popular music's ultimate shape-shifter, will release the strangest album of his five-decade career next Tuesday, October 13. Christmas in the Heart, as the title suggests, is a collection of 15 holiday classics. Commenters at RollingStone.com and numerous other sites are -- or at least we ... More >>

Top Ten Thursdays: Top 10 Musicians Who Have Served Time in Prison

Many famous musicians have spent a day or three in jail for driving drunk, holding drugs, or something really stupid. But only the select few have spent a serious stretch of time in prison, which brings us to David Allan Coe. The original country outlaw performs Friday at the Culture Room in Fort La ... More >>

Ronnie Spector: Last of the Rock Stars, at Magic City Casino this Saturday

​Unmitigated cool never goes outta style. Ever. Especially when said cool comes from one of the originators. See then it's something at once insidious and divine, a thing in and of itself, unexplainable, indefinable and blessed beyond belief.That kinda cool also tends to be highly emulated. And no ... More >>

Miami Free Times: Duchess Party, Wynwood Walls, and Downtown Yoga

This week, we cheated a little. In amongst the free yoga, free art and free parties is one event we actually think you should shell out dough to attend. Intrigued? Read on. Monday: Show off the resilience of your liver by going out on a Monday night. The party Duchess at the Mondrian Hotel's Sunset ... More >>

Behind the Music

This week, we cheated a little. In amongst the free yoga, free art and free parties is one event we actually think you should shell out dough to attend. Intrigued? Read on. Monday: Show off the resilience of your liver by going out on a Monday night. The party Duchess at the Mondrian Hotel's Sunset ... More >>

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector: da doo ron ron

This week, we cheated a little. In amongst the free yoga, free art and free parties is one event we actually think you should shell out dough to attend. Intrigued? Read on. Monday: Show off the resilience of your liver by going out on a Monday night. The party Duchess at the Mondrian Hotel's Sunset ... More >>

Hunx and His Punx, Flamboyancy and Horniness at The Stage This Friday

Courtesy of Hardly ArtLet your horndog loose with Hunx and His Punx.​Seth Bogart is unapologetically horny, and he'll be at The Stage this weekend. As the flamboyantly fabulous frontman of Hunx and His Punx, the onstage banter between Bogart and the crowd often consists of boner references, pee ... More >>

Hunx and His Punx at the Stage September 9

Courtesy of Hardly ArtLet your horndog loose with Hunx and His Punx.​Seth Bogart is unapologetically horny, and he'll be at The Stage this weekend. As the flamboyantly fabulous frontman of Hunx and His Punx, the onstage banter between Bogart and the crowd often consists of boner references, pee ... More >>

Chris Brown and Ten Other Famous Wife-Beaters

​​In 2009, a teenaged Chris Brown was arrested for beating the crap out of his then-girlfriend, Rihanna. It was an ugly scene and everyone will always remember him as one of the most famous wife-beaters of all time. Certainly, though, Brown is not the only male musician with anger management pr ... More >>