By Andrew Perry, eMusic ContributorTo celebrate the new Iggy & The Stooges album Ready To Die, we invited guitarist James Williamson to rifle through eMusic's catalog and talk us through some of his favorite albums. You can read about… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorBefore you get your blood pressure a-boiling over last night's GRAMMY Awards, consider this: the show's never going to be ahead of the curve, let alone right alongside it. So while it's baffling to see… more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic Contributorfun., Gotye and Mumford & Sons came away with some of the 2013 Grammy Awards' biggest honors. See who else took home golden gramophones and catch up on what you might have missed last year. more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorLet's be honest: The Grammys are a great spectacle and fun bit of junk food TV, but few of us take it seriously as any kind of measurement of musical innovation. Even this year, when… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorNew Orleans' week-long Jazz & Heritage Festival has confirmed its 2013 lineup, from proven standbys like Patti Smith, Fleetwood Mac and Willie Nelson to such welcome surprises as Frank Ocean and Phoenix. Check out the… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorAccording to NME, The Black Keys start work on their eighth record this week, with plans to have it wrapped by March and released in late 2013. (That'd be just two years after their last… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorTaylor Swift and LL Cool J co-hosted the 55th Annual Grammy nominations event in Nashville last night, dishing out nods to such deserving artists as Frank Ocean, M83, Nas, Fiona Apple, Alabama Shakes and...Steve Aoki?… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorSo we've already shared Kanye West's contribution to The Man With the Iron Fists, as well as a bruised blues collab between the Black Keys and the film's director, RZA. Now here's the entire thing,… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorUp from the 36 chambers, it's...The Black Keys and RZA? Hey, it's better than Wu-Tang's dubstep record... Okay, so it's no Judgment Night. That said, "The Baddest Man Alive" makes sense when you consider the… more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorThere is every other music festival and then there is Coachella, the California-desert weekend that, in many ways, set the template for all that followed. The first U.S. festival to boast big-ticket reunions and all-over-the-map… more »
By Sam Adams, eMusic ContributorHis face almost obscured by a sprawling voodoo headdress, Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, looks burdened with his well-worn medicine man persona on the cover of his 29th studio album. But though the… more »
By Mikael Wood, eMusic ContributorAndrew Bird first got notice playing violin with the Squirrel Nut Zippers, but over the last decade he's developed his own following with a series of acclaimed solo albums on which he sings, bows and… more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorIt was a year full of surprising breakouts and breathtaking discoveries, with reliable favorites from familiar faces and strong entries from new voices. These are our Top 100 Records of 2011. more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorAll good things must come to an end and, in 2011, a whole lot of good things did exactly that. Indie rock godfathers R.E.M. released their 15th album - the sturdy, rewarding Collapse Into Now… more »
By J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-Chief Even though the new release cycle continues to slow down, we've still got a few banner new releases today, alongside some hidden gems. Let's dive in. The Black Keys, El Camino: Years ago, when I was… more »
By Ryan Reed, eMusic ContributorThe Black Keys, Akron's unsuspecting blues-rock saviors, faced ridiculous pressure in following up their expansive 2010 breakout effort, Brothers. Big things happened in the subsequent year: The duo (vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney)… more »
By Andy Beta, eMusic ContributorYou've seen how the Muscle Shoals ghost reacted to the music of School of Seven Bells. Now, take a few minutes to learn about the history of this great studio, and familiarize yourself with a… more »
By John Morthland, eMusic ContributorWhat hath White Stripes wrought? Suddenly, blues duos are everywhere, which is certainly better than when blues "deconstructionists" (it's still unclear what they even are) were everywhere. The most buzzed-about duo, the Black Keys, up… more »
By Marc Hogan, eMusic ContributorFile Under: From raw, gutbucket blues to soul, rock and pop with a similar unspoiled spirit Flagship Acts: R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Solomon Burke, the Black Keys, Andrew Bird, Band of Horses, Dinosaur Jr., Wavves, the… more »
By Lenny Kaye, eMusic ContributorThere were many British bands that swiveled rock's glorious adolescence, but for my nascent psychedelia and guitar drool, the Yardbirds have long held the most resonance. The wonder of first hearing the extended rave-up of… more »
By John Morthland, eMusic ContributorThe Black Keys are easily the freshest thing to happen to blues in this millennium, but you can't really call them a blues band. But then, neither can you call the duo — drummer Patrick… more »
