Posted Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:56am PDT
The late great John Peel regularly cited "Teenage Kicks" as the greatest single of all time. ... 
Posted Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:53am PDT
Five years ago, the Rock's Backpages posse knocked their fevered crania together and came up with the 50 greatest tracks ever laid down in the name of F.U.N.K. Here are the next ten, from Cameo to Grover Washington, Jr.-- Barney Hoskyns, Editorial Di 
Posted Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:38pm PDT
Five years ago, the Rock's Backpages posse knocked their fevered crania together and came up with the 50 greatest tracks ever laid down in the name of F.U.N.K. This week we're starting with the first ten. -- Barney Hoskyns, Editorial Director, Rock's 
Posted Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:26pm PDT
With their back catalogue reissued in expanded form this week, RBP revels in the ragged glory that was the early Replacements. Herewith a rave review from Minneapolis native Blake Gumprecht, penned for Op in summer 1983. ... 
Posted Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:11pm PDT
Eighteen years after they first formed as Mr. Soft, Manchester's Elbow finally came good this week when their fourth album The Seldom Seen Kid scooped the U.K.'s Mercury Music Prize. ... 
Posted Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:44am PDT
There's a movie just out about how Metallica made their unlistenable album St. Anger. And it got stellar grades at Sundance, no less, from people who couldn't distinguish "Whiplash" from "The Unforgiven" in a blindfold test. ... 
Posted Sun Sep 7, 2008 4:37pm PDT
It's hard to believe it's 30 years since Keith Moon – genius drummer and genial hellraiser – died at his flat in London. Melody Maker mainstay Chris Welch, who knew the man all too well, penned this obituary in the days after the Who lost their e 
Posted Fri Sep 5, 2008 4:08pm PDT
On March 31, 1967, Jimi Hendrix set fire to a 1965 Fender Stratocaster that sold for £280,000 at auction on Thursday. Pop reporter Keith Altham was not only watching at the Finsbury Park Astoria that night – it was he who egged him on to do it! Th 
Posted Wed Sep 3, 2008 5:19pm PDT
Fifteen years ago, Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville galvanized indie rock with its fearless lo-fi articulations of female lust in Chicago's Wicker Park. Gerrie Lim met her as she surfed the ensuing wave of acclaim. 
Posted Tue Sep 2, 2008 5:10pm PDT
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