NEW YORK, NY—Any time a respected, formerly dissolved band reunites to play old favorites, there are always going to be people who ascribe shallow motivations to that band, gripe about the pricy concert tickets and point out the lack of new releases.

I’m sure that was the case when the…

Deja Entendu suggested it back in 2003, 2006’s The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me announced it loud and clear, and this year Daisy removed any doubts that may have still lingered: Brand New is not the same band it used to be.  In their almost decade-long career together,…

Super Furry Animals know rock ’n roll. During one of their shows at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, vocalist and guitarist Gruff Rhys embraced the rough, uninhibited spirit of the genre by vomiting on stage—even if it was unintentional.

“Yeah, it was quite unfortunate, but I think it was very raw,” Rhys…

Anytime I see young artists rise to the top of the charts and pave a way for themselves in the music world, I always end up looking back at the accomplishments of my youth. It is at this point that I realize my biggest achievement was not getting into a…

Eric Ronick and Than Luu’s experience coming together as Black Gold and putting out a debut album probably falls along the lines of the atypical. There were no bowling alley gigs or free house concerts; no obscure or non-existent musical background; and no uninterrupted, yearlong writing/recording session. Instead, Black Gold’s…

For James Dewees, this 2008 summer tour is his last ride as Reggie And The Full Effect. The former drummer for hardcore outfit Coalesce, keyboardist for indie rockers The Get Up Kids, and touring keyboardist for My Chemical Romance and New Found Glory struck a catchy balance of rock, synth…

NEW YORK, NY–A long line populated by a cross-section of the bizarre–preteens draped in Goth gear, metalheads clad in the standard band t-shirt and jeans, fans decked out in bright neon- pink tights, black mesh shirts, fairy wings, etc., extended from Terminal 5 and out into the West Side Highway.…

“Are you going to let me in, you asshole?”

Apparently, driving a stick shift in California’s infamously hellish traffic while giving an interview over the phone is one of Cove Reber’s talents.

“Jesus! This is horrible,” he laughed to himself. “I’m trying to do an interview!”

The talent for which…

A large number of young bands has contributed to a recent surge of pop-rock. If you plan on reading on in hopes of hearing about the next rising pop-rock sensation, go ahead and turn the page because Drop Dead, Gorgeous are not one of those bands. While many young bands…

As a band whose music shows no reverence for the lines dividing genres, Linkin Park have not just blurred those lines, but have mercilessly annihilated them by merging rock, rap, alternative and metal and by incorporating industrial and classical sounds in their songs. They’ve been in the mainstream spotlight since…