• Newport Folk Festival 2015 Reveals Part 1 of Lineup, Featuring Courtney Barnett, Sturgill Simpson, Laura Marling and More

    The Newport Folk Festival has released the first half of its lineup—borrowing from the trend in EDM of releasing lists of performers in "phases"—announcing that Courtney Barnett, Sturgill Simpson and Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis will be among the performers. Granted, none of the performers named thus far will serve as headliners, but the list should tide over those waiting for information on the long-running Rhode Island music festival.
  • 10 Best Album Covers Of 2014

    Music lovers often experience album covers before hearing the album itself, so it's pretty appropriate that we're publishing our list of the best album covers of 2014 before our list of best albums of 2014 (stay tuned for that one in a few weeks, by the way). Here are the year's top 10 album covers.
  • King Tuff Announces 2015 US Tour Dates With Father John Misty, Ex Hex [FULL SCHEDULE]

    Though his current string of European tour dates ends on Dec. 5, garage rocker King Tuff announced today that he will be hitting the road once again in January, this time for a tour of the U.S. According to Consequence of Sound, these newly announced American tour dates will kick off on Jan. 7 in Santa Ana, California and finish up on April 8 in Omaha, Nebraska.
  • Fred Armisen Stars In J Mascis' 'Every Morning' Video [WATCH]

    Comedian Fred Armisen's list of cool indie rock friends is pretty long, and one of his most frequent collaborators is Dinosaur Jr. singer/guitarist J Mascis. The two have appeared together on Portlandia, Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Seth Meyers (where Armisen is the bandleader), and today, Mascis shared the music video for his latest single "Every Morning" through Funny or Die, featuring an appearance by Armisen, which you can check out below.
  • 6 Great Alt-Rock Musicians Who Can't Sing

    One of the greatest things about punk and alternative music is its embrace of imperfection. Even though most alt-rock singers couldn't pass the first round of American Idol, their voices are often uniquely powerful and captivating. However, these six singers have voices that are too rough even for some alt-rock fans.
  • 6 Incredible Artists Who Started Off As Drummers

    Though plenty of musicians choose one instrument when starting out and stick to it (I know I have), these six artists all started off on drums before becoming renowned for something else. Here are six incredible musicians who started off as drummers.
  • 6 Musicians Who Became Side Members in Other Bands

    Once an artist is established as the primary force in a successful band, it's pretty rare to see them join another band as a sort of background figure, but these six artists did exactly that. Here are six artists who became sidemen in other bands.
  • 7 Songs Written About Ex-Bandmates

    Being in a band can be stressful work. Sometimes this can lead to vicious disputes between bandmates or untimely departures from the band, and because these are musicians we're talking about, songs are inevitably written about these tensions. These seven songs were written about estranged or long lost bandmates.
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