Everyone's a Critic: The Top 10 Albums of 2009
Psst! The hip-hop album of the year comes from a little-known, free-love-loving quartet of two women and two men out of Orlando. Believe it!
Psst! The hip-hop album of the year comes from a little-known, free-love-loving quartet of two women and two men out of Orlando. Believe it!
Av Sinensky | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics
Obama's best quality might be that he's not Bush, reviving optimism among those who had lost faith in the US. This sentiment is especially evident throughout Pearl Jam's latest album, Backspacer.
Shawn Amos | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment
This is the Age of the Artist. In a world where equipment, distribution, and Paypal are in the hands of everyone, only talent will matter. The days of the middleman are (almost) over. Viva la revolucion de music.
Eric Dezenhall | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media
Call me a socialist, but I have believed for decades that the Department of Justice should actively monitor Top 40 Hits because certain songs could lead upstanding citizens to confess to crimes that they did not commit.
Tom Andrews | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics
Yesterday's announcement by acclaimed musicians that they were signing onto our National Campaign to Close Guantanamo Bay generated a harsh response from Liz Cheney and Bill Kristol.
Jon Soltz | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics
By lobbying to keep Guantanamo Bay open, Liz Cheney's group is helping keep alive one of the greatest recruiting posters that al Qaeda ever had.
Stephanie Keller | Posted 10.07.2009 | Entertainment
Three days, 130 bands, eight stages. Downpours and all, there was no shortage of enjoyed spectacle and divine sounds over the weekend at the Austin City Limits Festival.
Tamara Conniff | Posted 12.01.2009 | Entertainment
Pearl Jam is probably one of the few bands of this generation who didn't sell out, who didn't say "how high," when the label said "jump."
Stephanie Keller | Posted 11.30.2009 | Entertainment
This year's festival should be particularly enjoyable: an awesome roster of bands, weather in the 80s, new grass on the field, Torchy's Tacos added to the food vendor lineup -- all very promising.
Sal Nunziato | Posted 11.28.2009 | Entertainment
This week's picks: Alice in Chains, Elvis Costello, Corey Harris, Ian Hunter, Kris Kristofferson, Madness, Rod Stewart, Madonna and more.
Shawn Amos | Posted 11.22.2009 | Entertainment
Record bins are rife with charity singles and concert history is filled with benefit shows for every imaginable cause. Musicians like to give back. Here, see the most generous musicians ever.
Sal Nunziato | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment
Reviewed: The Beastie Boys, Harry Connick, Jr., Eddie & the Hot Rods, David Gray, Manassas, Monsters of Folk, Pearl Jam.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.20.2009 | Entertainment
So this is what Pearl Jam would sound like after hanging with George Thorogood. It's great to hear the guys trying on old school rock 'n' roll and putting their moniker on it.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.30.2009 | Entertainment
It's refreshing that a young, promising group like Arctic Monkeys and its producers were smart enough to reinvent the brand before it got stale and formulaic, which this project absolutely is not.
AP | Posted 06.18.2009 | Media
LOS ANGELES — Will Ferrell and Pearl Jam will be part of Conan O'Brien's first "Tonight Show." Ferrell joined O'Brien in February for his final...
AP | Posted 06.14.2009 | Entertainment
ATLANTA — Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament was mugged outside an Atlanta studio where the band is recording, police said. Three masked men dressed ...
Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.22.2009 | Entertainment
Radiohead delivers not just one version of their Collector's Editions, but two. Sounds too good to be true? Well, let's take a look at what each of these collections offer.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.11.2009 | Entertainment
This concert will be about the music, but its statement of solidarity and support for upliftment in education could be the beginning of yet another American wave of consciousness raising.
Huffington Post | Posted 11.14.2008 | Entertainment
"W" star Josh Brolin graces the cover of the November Interview magazine. Inside he has a length Q&A with singer Eddie Vedder. The conversation is int...
Chicago Sun-Times | Jim DeRogatis | Posted 09.22.2008 | Chicago
It's not easy being Eddie Vedder. An indie-rocker at heart, the Evanston native became the second biggest rock star of his generation -- after only K...
Natasha Vargas-Cooper | Posted 09.21.2008 | Home
Rock The Vote has the formula all wrong for today. It's not actual pop stars that motivate youth to vote, it's the popstar qualities of a candidate.
David Wild | Posted 07.24.2008 | Entertainment
Working as co-producer and co-writer on the VH1 Rock Honors tribute to the Who that premieres Thursday night, and being around the Who reminded me why rock actually deserves to live still.
People | Nicholas White | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
Alternative-rock icon Eddie Vedder spearheaded a '90s Seattle musical sound around adolescent angst. Now a 40-something father of a toddler, Vedder sa...
Dan Sweeney | Posted 12.29.2009 | Entertainment