Someone forgot to tell Queensryche their era of progressively glabrous metal is supposed to be dead.

What a tough year it’s been for brothers Tom and Mike Gossin.

For Taylor Swift, one of country music’s hottest artists, the term “day off” is a misnomer.

Giving you a written blast of Americana/alt-country/rock and roll. Because that's what Christopher Columbus would have wanted...

Taylor Swift with Kellie Pickler and Gloriana
October 8, 2009
Conseco Fieldhouse

The Bluebird is exactly the kind of cozy, intimate venue I’d always dreamed of seeing Built to Spill in.

I'm on the plane to Austin wrestling with my financial conscious. Should I pay for the in-flight WiFi? How Jane Jetson awesome would it be to post this blog from space.

The funk can be a powerful weapon. Used even by the most amateur musician, it can get a whole room moving, but in the hands of a seasoned master, people can get crazy.

Parts of Metallica are gone.

You'll find this in the print edition of NUVO tomorrow (and on Soundcheck right now), but I'd give the blog treatment, with a little more from my e-mail exchange with Andy Fry.