In 1995, she was trudging herself across a desert and screaming out an angst-ridden tune that was possibly about the dude from “Full House.” My teenaged-self went into overdrive at this Alanis Morissette You May Also Like: Forget What You Heard About Alanis Morissette’s Flavors of Entanglement, And Just ListenRead More

Coming to be in 1979 and known as the Flirts, this Houston, Texas-based band gained a rabid local following with their bang-up breed of rocking guitar pop. You May Also Like: B-Leaguers – Death of a Western Heart (2016) The Modulators – Try Try Try (2015)

Best known as the drummer in the barrier-breaking metal band Living Colour, Will Calhoun has quietly put together an impressive resume in jazz

One of the better cuts on The Royal Scam — and the lesser cuts on that album are pretty good — this stage version gets the bank of horns handling that signature four chord interruption and other punctuations You May Also Like: Steely Dan’s The Royal Scam: Seeing the gloryRead More

John Frusciante has released a lengthy, darkly emotional rumination, written for a friend that went back to the guitarist’s days in the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Wayne Forman, tragically, died before he could hear this tribute. You May Also Like: When John Frusciante Returned to Solo Work on ‘Shadows CollideRead More

It’s been a few years since we’ve heard anything from Tony Low, but as evidenced by his new disc, Tone-Wah, he’s obviously kept his chops up in the interim. You May Also Like: Here’s Chippy – Life On Low (2016) Mike Zito – First Class Life (2018)

Greg Kihn’s fifth fiction book, simply called ‘Rubber Soul,’ is this canny mixture of a coming-of-age storyline with a murder mystery.

Albums with as many songs as a 45 single are bound to be interesting, and that’s undeniably the case for Mike Pride’s dual epic numbers compiled into his upcoming Drummer’s Corpse album. You May Also Like: Mike Pride – Listening Party (2015) Mike Pride – ‘Marimba, July’ and ‘Drums, August’Read More

While there is an argument to be had about Baz Luhrmann’s temerity in remaking “The Great Gatsby,” you’ll get no such reservations when it comes to Jack White’s scorching version of this U2 deep cut from the forthcoming soundtrack. You May Also Like: Four Jacks and a Jill, “Master Jack”Read More

Chickenfoot should be ready to reconvene in the fall to record new music, which Sammy Hagar says will be followed by a new tour. This time, however, they won’t be issuing a full-length record. They won’t perform again without drummer Chad Smith, either. You May Also Like: The conflicted historyRead More