“Structure is really important to me,” the Shins’ James Mercer said about his approach to writing and recording. […]
Category Archive: Music
Today is Bob Dylan’s 76th birthday. To celebrate, Jim and I sat around and each thought of our […]
The Purple One has returned to streaming services, and the world is a better place because of that. […]
By Brian Watson About a mile out of Woodstock, the town famously thought by many visitors to be […]
In 1998, Rob Zombie released the “Dragula” video and changed my life forever. I was 13 and it was […]
“I don’t wanna do 20-minute solos, though I can,” guitarist DeWayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight says to me, in reference to […]
I first heard of Eli “Paperboy” Reed in 2010 after reading a feature on him in MOJO. I […]
I woke up this morning and went to perform my ritual of scanning the news before I hop […]
There was a lot of great music in 2015. It’s that simple. Lots of places have made comprehensive […]
George Clinton beatboxed to me. We were talking about generational changes and how the language of musical expression […]
