Blondfire's new alt-rock single "Waves" sounds like something Olivia Newton John would be singing in the 1980s, and a song I'd be pumping through my W...

Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, I watched Dance Party U.S.A. with my older sister and pretended not to like it. The series was sort of an Amer...

When I was in my very early teens, I played with G.I. Joe action figures like most kids my age did. But, I took it to a very different level - think S...

A-Sides' sessions typically feature artists performing their song and chatting about their work (and anything that drifts into my mind and theirs) in ...

They say good things come in three's. Actually, maybe it's celebrity deaths but I forget. In any event, today's A-Sides presents three artists who are...

Back in the day, I collected baseball cards so much more than comics. I remember getting so excited when I unopened a pack of 1986 Donruss in 1992 a...

Nothing kills the momentum of a good weekend more then the realization mid-afternoon Sunday that your workweek is right around the corner. Mondays suc...

April 16,2013: Look, the world is turning upside down. It'd be nice if Democrats and Republicans would stop bickering like they're 11-year-old boys ...

The thing that sucks about writing about a band whose lead singer is a teenager is that you have to point out just that: he or she is a teenager. That...

It's hard to believe, but there's more to Canada than Rick Moranis. Take the band Wintersleep for example, who have been churning out infectious indi...

Several things in life are obvious. Dick Butkis will never grace the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition cover. The Ropers will never use Facebook, an...

With over 54 million views on YouTube for their debut song "The Biggest Mistake," The Secret State are anything but a secret these days. See what I di...

About four years ago (I forget in my old age), I was contacted by a music publicist to come out and see a young singer/songwriter perform at a small c...

A praised debut album. Sold-out shows. Sexy hats. Yep, 2012 was the year of ZZ Ward and clearly she's making 2013 her bitch as well. The sultry blues...

To paraphrase Dave Grohl's killer Grammy acceptance speech last year, it's the "human element of making music" that's most important. The artists feat...

Imagine Dragon's Dan Reynolds at the Feb. 23 sold-out show at Roseland in NYC. Photo/Jon Chattman Lou Diamond Phillips is an icon in this business w...

Photo/ Blake Wood Having toured the world with pop goddess Lady Gaga for over a year (following their debut "You Love You,") it would have been so ...

Does anyone remember the Genesis song "I Can't Dance?" It's okay...they probably don't either. The song resonated with me when it came out and it stil...

In high school, Valentine's Day served as a constant reminder that I wasn't getting any. I'm sure there were many people in that boat and by "boat" I ...

Steve Winwood's 1986 song "Higher Love" was a smash hit, played over and over again the year the New York Mets won the World Series for their second...

Valentine's Day is right around the corner, which is hard to believe considering half of you reading this probably still have your Christmas trees up....

Pop music was just so much better in the 1980s. The cheesy songs worked because they made you want to dance and you were just oblivious to the fact th...

Today marks my final "A-Sides" of the year, and I have to just thank you all for reading the columns and watching the sessions. This series has been s...

My heart breaks for Newtown... the families, the students, the town, and the state of Connecticut. It breaks for these United States of America. Do we...