Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx is set to release his first solo album, entitled The Heroin Diaries, which shares its name with a forthcoming memoir by the budding author. Clearly inspired by the success of Motley Crue’s amazingly un-put-down-able autobiography, Dirt, Sixx evidently has more stories about his drug struggles. If he can top anything […]

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Restoring the beats to her arsenal, Bjork returns to her quirky, dance-oriented roots on her sixth studio album, Volta. On the experimental, conceptual Medulla, Bjork was at her most extravagantly indulgent, eschewing any semblance of commerciality in favor of the blissful sound of her own voice. Bjork literally built that record around her voice, as […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/TA1DoMNL3GA” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]Never fully appreciated in their time for the jaw-dropping guitar bad-asses that they were, Polvo practically seems forgotten these days. Its off-kilter brand of dissonant, intricate math-rock ruled college radio in the early 90’s. Despite respectable efforts by current indie flavors like Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke claiming that Polvo’s Exploded […]

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The Warmth of the Sun is due May 22 via Capitol/EMI with 28 songs hand-picked by The Beach Boys (the ones that remain, obviously). Avoiding much of the band’s commercial side (and painful faux pas like “Kokomo”), this collection focuses on some of the more obscure, artsy tracks in The Beach Boys’ heady oeuvre, including […]

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Following in the footsteps of, uhh, formidable talents like Jennifer Lopez and Gwen Stefani, UK pop star Lily Allen is preparing her own limited fashion line. The Lily Loves range will feature “six edgy dresses and some accessories and footwear.” Allen’s style has been dubbed “chavvy chic”, the definition of which I am unaware; however, […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/AR3RlTBGK24″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] A rare Tom Waits performance and interview on this past Friday night’s Conan in San Francisco. During the performance, Waits stomps stone powder along with his version of a human beatbox, and the effect with the minimal light is amazing. Such a bad ass performer. And during the interview […]

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This Australian trio sounds like it has just discovered post-punk, playing it with a quick fuse and an urgency lacking in so many of its peers. The jagged and angular guitar work speaks to the ubiquitous Gang of Four, but, as in is the case with most post-punk, it’s the bass that leads the way. […]

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