By Michael Tedder, eMusic ContributorLater this month, the legendary underground rock icons/heart-rending poets/drunken screw-ups the Replacements will play their first shows since breaking up onstage in Chicago 22 years ago. (Well, Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson and some other… more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorHeaded to Tennessee but still not sure who you want to see? Fear not: We've boiled the brain-busting Bonnaroo schedule down to 20 essential sets. more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorTom Petty & the Heartbreakers confirmed about a month of tour dates today, including five nights at New York's Beacon Theatre and six stops at L.A.'s Fonda Theater. The intimate gigs are rounded out by… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorIn yet another move away from its dirty hippie roots, Bonnaroo has tapped such pleasant surprises as Swans, Death Grips, Purity Ring, Earl Sweatshirt and, um, Billy Idol for this summer's festival. As for who's… more »
By Laura Leebove, Deputy EditorIt's not even noon and I've already watched this about five times. The great folks at A.V. Club are heading up yet another round of A.V. Undercover, and, no offense, A.V. Club, but, you probably… more »
By Wayne Robins, eMusic ContributorMojo is a record made with a minimum of fuss for a maximum of fun. "Jefferson Jericho Blues" kick-starts the album, an amalgam of history and fantasy right out of Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited."… more »
By Melissa Maerz, eMusic ContributorRemember the days when record labels still believed that middle-aged dudes could form successful rock bands? These guys do. Bolstered by his big comeback with 1988's Cloud Nine, George Harrison invited Tom Petty, Roy Orbison,… more »
By Jayson Greene, Managing EditorTom Petty's Wildflowers showed the unassuming FM-rock stalwart looking a touch grizzled and more than a little rueful. As a result, his usual batch of acoustic folk-rockers comes touched with a graceful resignation that makes… more »
By Melissa Maerz, eMusic ContributorWas September 11, 2001 really the day the music died? It sure seemed like it at the time. Clear Channel released a memo suggesting the removal of more than 150 songs from their 1200 radio… more »
By Matthew Fritch, eMusic ContributorReviewers of The '59 Sound, the Gaslight Anthem's second album, spent an awful lot of words describing what the record is like rather than what it is. It's difficult to blame them. The New Brunswick,… more »