Late-Night TV Music | Sept. 10, 2018

Welcome to the Apocalypse! Or at least the late-night TV equivalent. Coincidentally (or perhaps not), the musical numbers on Monday night's chat shows all seemed to take a slightly...

Indie Roundup | Sept. 8, 2018

Every day I get press releases from indie bands with new songs, albums and videos to hype. Here's the latest batch: • Tokyo Police Club share the video for their...

The Clash | 1982 Tour Poster

Did you ever see that episode of the Bruce McCulloch sitcom Young Drunk Punk where the kid tries to score tickets to a Clash concert in Calgary? I'm pretty...

Late-Night TV Music | Sept. 7, 2018

What do you get when you cross a former boy-band heartthrob, an L.A. rapper and some New York indie-rockers? Friday night's TV-music lineup. Nick Jonas was the biggest name...

Bachman-Turner Overdrive | 1976 Tour Poster

I started going to concerts in the mid-’70s — and hometown heroes Bachman-Turner Overdrive were one of the first bands I went to see. Hey, I was 12! And...

Late-Night TV Music | Sept. 6, 2018

I finally got around to watching the XTC documentary This is Pop the other night. If you haven't checked it out yet, I highly recommend it — it's a...

Charles Bradley lives on with I Feel a Change video | Watch

Charles Bradley is gone. But his music lives on. And soon there will be a little more of it. Less than a year after the Screaming Eagle of Soul...

Voivod unleash Always Moving video | Watch

Voivod cannot be stopped. Thankfully. More than 35 years after their formation, the Montreal metal veterans show no signs of slowing down. Maybe that's why their latest single is...

Late-Night TV Music | Sept. 5, 2018

Nobody's firing on all cylinders the first week back from holidays. That includes the late-night TV talk shows, which are still ramping up their musical performances. On The Late...

Late-Night TV Music | Sept. 4, 2018

Kids today don't know how easy they have it. Back in the day, I used to record and collect all the late-night music performances on videotape. I still have...

Fleetwood Mac return on Ellen | Watch

The recently retooled lineup of Fleetwood Mac — with guitarists Neil Finn (Crowded House) and Mike Campbell (Tom Petty's Heartbreakers) in place of current member non grata Lindsey Buckingham...

Beastie Boys | Paul’s Boutique Promo Poster

I don't have to tell you how good Paul's Boutique is. Or at least I shouldn't. For my money, the Beastie Boys’ sophomore disc is one of the coolest...

Anthrax | I’m the Man Promo Poster

Sure, they're one of thrash's Big Four founding fathers. But for a minute there in the late 1980s, Anthrax went rap-metal with the EP I'm the Man, featuring the...

Aerosmith | Done With Mirrors Promo Poster

Done With Mirrors was the first Aerosmith album after they all cleaned up (more or less) and got back together in the '80s. I seem to recall it got...

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