Dust off your dictionaries because tongue-twisting rapper Aesop Rock returns this week with his new album Skelethon as powerful a release as he's ever had (and his first since 2007's None Shall Pass) The intervening five years constitute his biggest gap yet between solo records during which time he got... full story ![]()

When Ben Folds Five returned from a 13-year gap between studio albums with 2012's The Sound of the Life of the Mind, SPIN's David Peisner noted that "Folds sounds invigorated to have a rock band behind him again, making him play harder, sing harder, be harder...
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The Black Keys took home four trophies, including best rock album, but it was the British folk-rock group Mumford & Sons that won the coveted album of the year for “Babel.”
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The National’s new album 'Trouble Will Find Me,' will be released on 4AD on May 20th & 21st. This is the fifth studio album for the Brooklyn band, and follows 2010’s critical and...
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Alice Cooper has always incorporated covers into his live show but the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has never done an album of other's people music He plans to change that soon by recording an album of songs inspired by his legendary onetime drinking club the Hollywood Vampires a...
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With its debut album "Woman," lo-fi Los Angeles soul act Rhye has already captured the attention of music journalists. If you're a fan of mournful neo-R&B singers like Frank Ocean and the Weeknd, you'd be wise to snap up your tickets now for the band's show at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue on Thursday night. Read full article >>
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With its debut album "Woman," lo-fi Los Angeles soul act Rhye has already captured the attention of music journalists. If you're a fan of mournful neo-R&B singers like Frank Ocean and the Weeknd, you'd be wise to snap up your tickets now for the band's show at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue on Thursday night. Read full article >>
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Fall Out Boy are giving fans an early treat by streaming their upcoming album Save Rock & Roll a week early The rockers who had been gradually posting songs on Soundcloud uploaded a flurry of new tracks last night revealing each song on the new record Fall Out Boy had...
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LOS ANGELES - The Grammy Awards gave their top honor to British roots music band Mumford & Sons for their album "Babel" on Sunday at the 55th awards ceremony on a night that distributed honors broadly to an array of younger generation acts including New York indie rock trio Fun., Australian electronic pop artist Gotye, rapper-R&B singer Frank Ocean and Akron, Ohio,...
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Bob Dylan Song: Disease of Conceit Album: Oh Mercy Genre: Rock Buy: iTunes.com The Beach Boys Song: Hang On to Your Ego (Mono Version) Album: Pet Sounds Genre: Rock Buy: iTunes.com Mac Davis Song: It's Hard to Be Humble Album: Very Best and More Genre: Country Buy: iTunes.com George Jones & Tammy Wynette Song: Something to Brag About Album: We Go Together Genre: Country...
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On March 21 the American indie rock band The National announced on their official Facebook page that their upcoming sixth studio album, "Trouble Will Find Me" will be released in the U.S. via 4AD Records on May...
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