music essay

When his band and his career as an NBA stunt dunker blew up at the same time, Wings Denied’s drummer had to make a choice.

Calling all rockers: Ever wanted to get into jazz but just couldn't learn the language? The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' drummer explains how.

Back when I was just a pretty young thing growing up on the mean streets of suburban Cleveland, like most kids, I couldn’t wait for summer to come.

There’s a stretch of Texas where it’s always night, as far as I know. It’s somewhere between Ozona and Van Horn, along I-10, and since we’re always...

This past weekend, every news feed had the story about some urban vigilante who buffed off the beloved Philadelphia mural of the cover art for...

Before I became a critic, I made small, gutless films in which nothing really happened, most of which no one will ever see...

Whenever I talk about my childhood, I feel like most people don't fully grasp the implications of growing up in the Pentecostal church. That's why...

A sea of 20,000 hands wave in unison like tendrils in a kelp bed when the waves force them to dance. But it's music, not the Pacific Ocean, driving...

Analysis: Fender Twin amplifier emits same frequencies as a .50-caliber WWII anti-aircraft gun. Hearing chart shows a menacing sinkhole at 4k Hz.

A couple of weeks ago I paid $2,000 to see the XX play for forty people at New York’s Park Avenue Armory. They're not one of my favorite bands or...

I feel lucky to say that the first concert I ever went to was a DIY affair held in the basement of a church. It was the summer of 1994, I was about...

My song “I Hear the Bells” was on the soundtrack of the original series of Veronica Mars. It’s one of the best things that ever happened to me.