Every pop-punk band worth their wait in salt sugar has got to have a couple of songs about the opposite sex. Though some bands traffic exclusively in the topic, even bands like Bad Religion and NOFX have been known to get into the act. Rancid’s biggest commercial single was "Ruby Soho," a ska-punk hit that [...]

Like the old saying goes, there’s no business like show business, and few outlets cover the business of show as thoroughly and as engagingly as “The Business.” A production of Los Angeles-based public radio station KCRW, the weekly show, which is syndicated to a handful of stations, and also available as a podcast, has been [...]

There are two new graphic novels of note on the shelves of your local quality bookstore, both from artists with a long history in comics. "A Drifting Life" (Drawn & Quarterly) from Yoshihiro Tatsumi is a monster of a book, clocking in at 840 pages, and tells several stories simultaneously: the author’s coming of age [...]

LEMMY: THE MOVIE
The Ace of Spades and King of Facial Moles is getting the documentary treatment. Testifying to his greatness in all-things loud (not to mention his ability to weather several generations/mutations of hard rock) are Dave Grohl, Alice Cooper and Slash. C.C. DeVille is in the trailer too, but who really cares what he [...]