The 10 Best Reissues of September: Billy Gibbons, Factory Records, and the Most Important Cassette of the CD Era A Certain Ratio – It All Comes Down to This Mute Eclectic post-punkers A Certain Ratio have enjoyed a remarkably long shelf life. A staggering 45 years into their career, the disco-funk/industrial-jazz/world-dance stalwarts...

Pearl Jam, Neil Young To Headline Eddie Vedder's Ohana Festival In their first full band appearance on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show, Pearl Jam debuted two songs this morning (April 22) from their new album, Dark Matter, while also sharing stories with the host during a two-plus hour segment. Appearing live from their Seattle...

Fat Dog’s Chaos Mode Fat Dog are kind of a wreck. After being “tied up with something,” frontman and Fat Dog mastermind Joe Love finally beams in on his girlfriend’s phone, because he apparently has a chronic problem of losing his own. He keeps yawning and apologizes, semi-unconvincingly promising, “These are interesting questions.” Synth...

Pizza Thrash Is Ready to Eat the World With 350 slices consumed every second in the USA, pizza is possibly the universal food. But despite its beloved status, the cheesy foodstuff is at the heart of a contentious cultural debate in a corner of the metal world. Meet pizza thrash: the microgenre proving as divisive...

2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees: Snubs, Surprises, Long Shots The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tried out a whole new way of announcing the class of 2024 tonight (April 21) during a themed episode of ABC’s American Idol, during which the season 22 hopefuls sang songs by past inductees. A record eight artists will be enshrined this...

McCartney, Eagles, Bon Jovi To Salute Jimmy Buffett In L.A. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will welcome another eclectic class of inductees later this year, with Mary J. Blige, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & the Gang, Ozzy Osbourne and A Tribe Called Quest all set for enshrinement in the performer category...