Even musicians who have been in the biz for a decade can’t escape the painstaking task of rummaging through a year’s worth of bills and receipts to present the right records to the tax office. And while The Faint’s synth-genius Jacob Thiele might live the high life as he travels…

If you’re the type who believes that everything happens for a reason, then you won’t be surprised to discover Andrew McMahon thinks his battle with leukemia was, in some ways, meant to be.

The Jack’s Mannequin frontman, who was diagnosed with with acute lymphoblastic leukemia on the same day his…

When a musician describes his need to make music as being just as fundamental as his physiological need to make number two’s, you know he’s not messing around. In fact, it’s a pretty effective way for Julian Hamilton—one half of the Aussie electro group The Presets—to get across a very…

NEW YORK, NY—The Von Bondies have been in the biz for a decade, they’ve been backed by Sire Records—one of the industry’s giants—and the band’s frontman has even made news headlines around the globe for being involved in a blow with Jack White. But despite all of that—and a four-year hiatus—the Detroit rockers’ New York show was held at the Bowery’s smallest venue, Mercury Lounge.

As Cut Copy makes its way across the States for its third U.S. tour in 12 months, the Australian electro pop outfit’s priority list extends further than simply entertaining fans and rocking out different music venues. Having been on the road in America, Europe and Australia for almost a full…

NEW YORK, NY—As the members of the St. Louis band Ludo ran onto the stage at the Highline Ballroom, the theme from The Neverending Story was billowing from the speakers. Not only did this rouse a cheeky smile as it stirred my brilliant childhood memories of Atreyu and Falkor, but it set up the quirkiness of the gig from the get-go. When it comes to this crazy group, however, it seems no theme song—no matter how wild—can really do these guys justice.

Artists rarely embody the character, mood and meaning of their music once the stage lights have been dimmed. While it’s an entertaining notion to picture Cobra Starship as total party animals, to envision My Chemical Romance as full-time anaemic sadists, and to believe that Michael Jackson truly does want to…

NEW YORK, NY—What happens when you combine the passion of classical music, the grunt of punk and the beauty of folk? The result is DeVotchKa, Denver’s multi-instrumental gypsy punk quartet. Playing more instruments than I could even recognize, the quartet totally rocked out New York’s Webster Hall and roused an…

Geoff Rickly of Thursday sits down with The Aquarian's Jordana Borensztajn to talk about their new album, Common Existence. Watch the full video.

At a time when thousands of bands were busting their guts to strike up contracts with record companies, the Von Bondies couldn’t have tried harder to break away from the label that signed them. Just to be clear, these Detroit rockers weren’t simply picked up by any run-of-the-mill indie record…