No “best of” list here. Just a year-end housecleaning of random Odd Couples jabs, hooks and uppercuts – and not always above the belt.

Dave Grohl is more enthusiastic than he is inspired. As such, it’s easier to pull for the Foo Fighters than to actually like their stuff.

Sounding more like the Eagles than anything so raw and rootsy as Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty’s new song “Mystic Highway” offers a country-rocking groove to go with a dreamily optimistic lyric. You May Also Like: John Fogerty, LPT, Alan Parsons Project + Others: Five for the Road

So I was sitting at the kitchen table this morning, attempting to wipe the dust of sleep out of my droopy eyes while waiting for the five-minute coffee timer to go off. I’d just switched on the satellite radio a few minutes before, but my ears hadn’t really started payingRead More

John Fogerty will simultaneously look back and charge ahead on his forthcoming studio project Wrote a Song for Everyone, due this fall from Vanguard Records. You May Also Like: My Morning Jacket’s ‘Acoustic Citsuoca’ Became a Vocal Showcase for Jim James

Did you miss the Foo Fighters at the 1995 Reading Festival? Us, too. Luckily, the band is streaming that set online for those who’d like to take a ride in the way-back machine. You May Also Like: No related posts.

We love Adele’s poise, her earthy attitude, the roiling emotion in her voice. So why don’t we love the newly crowned six-time Grammy winner’s album 21? Blasphemy, right? Read on as we share are thoughts on several of those who walked away with 2012 awards last night, including Tony BennettRead More

Time to let you have your say. We made a series of lists, checked them twice, then published our best-ofs. But what better way to end things than with the annual SER Readers’ Top 10? Here are your albums of the year You May Also Like: Martin Barre – ’50Read More

This year’s rock and pop list is a heady mix of the old (Paul Simon, Lindsey Buckingham) and the new (the Black Keys, Death Cab for Cutie). You May Also Like: ‘Journey: Worlds Apart,’ by Nick DeRiso (2023): Books

The Eagles and Tom Petty play the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival for the first time, as 2012’s lineup is announced for the sprawling outdoor music event featuring rock, jazz, Americana, gospel, rhythm and blues, Cajun and zydeco. You May Also Like: Mudcrutch’s belated self-titled debut brought Tom PettyRead More