“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…

Christmas and New Year have long been associated with life in a time of death and a general sense of rebirth, a resetting of priorities, values and calendars. By now, it’s safe to say that most lessons or promises made during that season have been forgotten or broken by now,…

When post-hardcore torchbearers Hot Water Music called it quits in 2006 via a letter posted on their website, the scene drew a deep breath as it prepared for the void they’d leave behind. Before anyone could exhale, vocalist/guitarist Chris Wollard, bassist Jason Black and drummer George Rebelo emerged from the…

“I am sick of these motherfuckin’ snakes on this motherfuckin’ plane”, declared by Samuel L. Jackson’s character Neville Flynn, proved to be the catch phrase from the 2006 camp- fest Snakes On A Plane.

As the credits rolled, it would also serve as the intro to “Bring It (Snakes On…

Punk rock styled Do-It-Yourself roots are a common support system for new bands and such roots are usually augmented as soon as a band is signed to a major label to “nurture” a band to grow into a mainstream success. Louis XIV have defied this convention and became one of…

Six years was the longest period fans had yet to wait for a reconvening of the Wu-Tang Clan, but following some festival plays in 2007, the group released 8 Diagrams last month to a warm reception. Its very anticipation was a breath of fresh air for the hip-hop community that…

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…

In his late teens, entrepreneurial Connecticut-raised guitarist-vocalist Thurston Moore was determined to go city bound, experience the wondrous joys New York afforded and obtain a modicum of prosperity. There, he met his attractive leggy flaxen- blonde life partner, Kim Gordon, plus a few explorative youths, who’d mutually get involved professionally…

Will Smith’s stratospheric stature in showbiz has only been further enhanced by I Am Legend’s record-setting $76.5 million weekend debut for a December release. The sci-fi adventure marked his seventh straight flick that has opened in the #1 slot at the box office, a run which started with Ali and…

It’s their 30th anniversary, and their uninhibited joyride of pure American glam rock-n-roll is far from reaching an end, firmly declares the New York Dolls’ frontman David Johansen. “Yeah, we are going to make another record! Or get songs out some way, I don’t know how the hell we are…