Jesse Richman

"I never really go with trends at all," insists gothfather/guitar innovator Daniel Ash. "I think that's the kiss of death, to do that." On Stripped, his first album in more than a decade, the reclusive Brit breathes new life into highlights from his years as the guitar craftsman behind the...

It's been almost a year and a half since mainstream-indie-rock band Grouplove played its last live set — more than two-and-a-half since its sprawling second album, Spreading Rumours, was released. That extended break might not have been the outfit's original plan, but for vocalists Hannah Hooper and Christian Zucconi, there...

The Color Before The Sun, the latest album from proggy, poppy post-hardcore outfit Coheed and Cambria, marks the first time one of the group’s records has broken from telling the story of The Amory Wars, the ongoing science fiction saga penned by frontman Claudio Sanchez from which the quartet derives...

We went out there and had no idea what we were doing!" Mikey "Mikey Lion" Leon is reminiscing about the inaugural Desert Hearts, a Southern California-based house and techno music festival, three years ago. That event began in disastrous fashion — pitfalls included a missing-in-action sound system that delayed the...

Miami-based DJ and producer Michael Brun has become an international presence over the past five years via progressive house hits such as "See You Soon" and "Tongue Tied July." But one particular spot on the globe still holds sway over his heart — his native Haiti. Though he's long incorporated...