Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea Names Band’s Worst + Best Albums
Even when an album is finished, there’s often certain things musicians wish they would have done before letting it go. And during a recent chat…
Rhymer Combines Scottish Ballads with Alien Elves
Gregory Frost’s fantasy novel Rhymer puts a fresh spin on Thomas the Rhymer, a character from Scottish folklore whose poems were reputed to predict the…
50 Years Ago: Why Sly Stone Couldn’t Leave ‘Fresh’ Alone
When Fresh, the sixth album by Sly & the Family Stone, went on sale on June 30, 1973, it wasn’t the LP that reviewers had praised…
The Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2023 (So Far)
Here are the best rock and metal albums of 2023 so far. The year got off to a hot start with some very early highlights….
The Time of Giants: How Did Dinosaurs Get So Big?
Sauropods that tower above treetops and tyrannosaurs that make the Earth tremble beneath their weighty footsteps are two iconic dinosaur images. These prehistoric giants have fascinated us…
Falling in Reverse Postpone Syracuse Show Over Air Quality
Falling in Reverse have postponed their show scheduled for tonight (June 30) in Syracuse, N.Y. over the air quality. The performance has been rescheduled for September….
Why Jack Blades Feared Revealing ‘High Enough’ to Ted Nugent
Jack Blades recalled the trepidation he felt when presenting the future Damn Yankees hit “High Enough” to bandmate Ted Nugent, saying he was expecting the…
30 Best Fourth of July Sales: Couches, Bidets, and TVs
Summer is rolling along, and Independence Day is finally here! Well, almost. It’s in the middle of the week this year, which means the July…
Soap Bubbles Turned Into Lasers
Physicists have long studied soap bubbles for their extraordinary geometric properties as minimal surfaces, for the way they oscillate and for the beautiful interference patterns…
Lil Uzi Vert Covers System of a Down’s ‘Chop Suey!’ on New Album
Hip-hop star Lil Uzi Vert covers System of a Down‘s nu-metal anthem “Chop Suey!” and also features the bands Bring Me the Horizon and Babymetal on separate songs on…