Rick Rubin is one of the most successful record producers in the world today. He’s made records with everyone from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Audioslave to Johnny Cash and Shakira. Here are some ...

Another solid Five Songs You Must Hear list with plenty of Cancon, something to help Ukraine, an amazing track from Zambia, and the very, VERY screamy Jehnny Beth. 1. Yukon Blonde, Adore You ...

GANS is a duo (Euan Woodman and Thomas Rhodes) from Birmingham with a debut album entitled Good for the Soul. If you’re looking for a song that will help you cope (“money! work! power! freedom! prison ...

Yes, THAT Smoke on the Water, but this cover from Ottawa’s Doll is nothing like you’ve ever imagined the song to be. They’ve been around since 2008 working on gritty hard rock, adding in some punk, ...

A T-shirt worn by Beyoncé during a Juneteenth performance on her “Cowboy Carter” tour has sparked a discussion over how Americans frame their history and caused a wave of criticism for the ...

This week’s highly-curated selection of material for the Five Songs You Must Hear list starts by taking beneath the streets of Paris. 1. Queens of the Stone Age, Suture Up Your Future Alive in the ...

Nirvana–and all that came afterwards, including the Foo Fighters–may not have ever happened had a guy named Skeeter Thompson been able to get along with his girlfriend. In late 1989, Skeeter’s band, ...

Before 1971, there really wasn’t much of a domestic Canadian music industry. There were some tiny record labels and branch offices of major American and British labels, but that was about it. But on ...

Denis Villeneuve is going from Dune to Bond. Amazon MGM Studios announced Wednesday that Villeneuve will direct the next James Bond movie. The untitled film will be the first since the studio took ...

We’ve all heard the stories about where punk came from. Here’s the precis: The New York Dolls and a few other bands started playing gigs in a crappy area of New York City that attracted musicians, ...

When a band plays a gig, how do they get paid? It depends on the status and commercial viability of the group. If you’re playing background music at an event or some kind of retail space, a rule of ...

The Venetian wedding bells will ring out Friday, celebrating the marriage of Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos and his bride, Lauren Sánchez. While the team of the world’s fourth-richest man has ...