Music

Real thugs never die. Unfortunately, they also have trouble staying creative. Ghostface Killah's newest album, Fishscale, is yet another record to emerge from Wu-Tang's prolific machinery.
March 30, 2006 at 12:00 am

Dov Kogen began singing and writing songs at the ripe age of three, when he took the tune of Jewish hymn "Adon Olam" and set it to the one-word lyric "guitar." "I didn't actually play guitar back then," the psychology major and music minor says, "so I sort of strummed my aunt's 30-year-old classical guitar," which he would actually learn to play in the fourth grade.
March 30, 2006 at 12:00 am

With the wild success of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs's debut album Fever to Tell, the musical trio from New York set a remarkably high standard for itself.
March 30, 2006 at 12:00 am

Originally J. Leto and his brother's side project, 30 Seconds to Mars has recently gained a reputation in its own right.
March 23, 2006 at 12:00 am

It is not often that a band produces something truly unique. Almost every successful indie group today somehow derives its sound from Morrissey or Bowie or even Byrne.
March 23, 2006 at 12:00 am

Penn's very own the Pale Nimbus knows something is missing from this university's campus. And so do their fans.
March 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

Since their 1991 debut, Stereolab has functioned as one of the most influential -- if under the radar -- bands of the pseudo-pop electronica circuit.
March 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

"The last time we were out on tour was two or three years ago. We've actually just been recording this album, and watching the children.
February 23, 2006 at 12:00 am

Hopping the pond makes for strange bedfellows. Though the Subways had an early U.S. breakthrough this fall on that great cultural arbiter, The O.C., a February release date has lumped their debut with the latest wave of British musical exports.
February 23, 2006 at 12:00 am

Richard Cheese The Sunny Side of the Moon: The Best of Richard Cheese If this is your first listen to Richard Cheese, be forewarned: too much Cheese may result in massive indigestion, and upchuck reflexes may ensue.
February 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

Several years ago, three members of the orchestral pop band Stars smoked pot in New York's Central Park and were arrested by an undercover cop.
February 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

This past week, the line-ups for two important music festivals were announced. Hippie Bonnarooites cursed its indie line-up, while Coachella fans were equally disappointed by its list of bands.
February 9, 2006 at 12:00 am

Straddling the state line between Texas and Arkansas is a little city called Texarkana, home of the only U.S.
February 9, 2006 at 12:00 am

Belle and Sebastian The Life Pursuit What happened to the old Stuart Murdoch? Where did he go?
February 2, 2006 at 12:00 am

Two years ago, P.O.S. was pulling water-shutoff notices from his door. One year later, he was touring the U.S.
January 26, 2006 at 12:00 am

You may know her as Will Smith's wife, or as the actress in such films as the Matrix Reloaded and Madagascar, but Jada Pinkett Smith is reinventing herself as the frontwoman of the new, aggressive rock band Wicked Wisdom.
January 26, 2006 at 12:00 am

On Tour in Philly: February 10-11: Wu-Tang Clan at the Electric Factory February 16: Common at the House of Blues, Atlantic City March 4: Belle & Sebastian and the New Pornographers at the Electric Factory April 6: Coldplay at the Wachovia Center Albums to be Released: Belle & Sebastian -- The Life Pursuit, February 7 After having teamed up with producer Trevor Horn (Tatu) for 2003's Dear Catastrophe Waitress, the band returns to its usual producer, Tony Hoffer, for this much-anticipated album, which is said to have a '70s influence.
January 19, 2006 at 12:00 am

In 2001, with the release of the Strokes' first album, Is This It, critics predicted that they would be the leaders of a new era of rock and roll, and for a while, they were right.
January 19, 2006 at 12:00 am

And you thought music was dead. It's been a pretty good year for music, with some disappointments along the way, but if anything, 2005 indicated that good bands just keep getting better.
January 19, 2006 at 12:00 am

Vlad and Joe Who Let the Kulaks Out? Everyone says that neo-Russian folk duo Vlad and Joe is just a novelty act.
December 8, 2005 at 12:00 am