Lollapalooza today is a sleek, reliably well-oiled pop music festival. But it was born of chaos.

In the early days of the Who, Pete Townshend gave little thought to a solo career. Writing songs for the band, crafting ...

The nearly 80-year-old guitarist on his new solo-albums box set, the Who's upcoming U.K. charity gigs, and the work he hopes ...

Born into a musical family and a pro by his teenage years with a real-life education in backstage realities, the passionate drummer has seen dreams come true with Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster, Asia, M ...

Horror-western outlaws SpiritWorld aren’t interested in beating down the path of least resistance. So as much as 2022’s Deathwestern opened their dark gospel to more devotees than ever, Stu Folsom ...

Punk, hardcore and metal took over The Habitat during the 2025 edition of SPB’s Battle of the Bands. The high-energy indie ...

By Alex Williams Brian James, who helped spark the punk-rock revolution in Britain in the 1970s as the lead guitarist and chief songwriter of the British band the Damned, bringing a rare degree of ...

Suzanne Vega discusses her upcoming appearance in Indianapolis and how the rock legend Lou Reed influenced her work.

American Songbook series honors “singer outsiders” including Fanny and Poly Styrene in events curated by Kathleen Hanna and ...

Now, no matter how old you get, their birthday is a chance to connect and celebrate them. You might choose to wish your cousin a happy birthday with an easy, “You’re simply the best” or ...

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He said himself that “rock ‘n’ roll is simply an attitude,” and he certainly embodied that. Few musicians produced what we now consider proto-punk quite like Thunders did. He embodied that ...