Chuck Prophet

Billy Nomates made one of our favorite album of the year, and here are her picks for 2020...

Psych rock icon and 13th Floor Elevators frontman Roky Erickson sadly passed away at the age of 71 on Friday (5/31), and his fellow artists have taken to social media to pay tribute to the hugely influential musician.

Tonight's NYC-area shows include Holly Herndon, Bjork, Broken Social Scene, mewithoutYou/Cursive/Appleseed Cast, The Dream Syndicate, The Hold Steady/John K Samson, Olden Yolk, Damien Jurado, Meshuggah, Charly Bliss, and more.

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Steve Miller Band, Sinkane, The Head & the Heart, White Denim, Gary Clark Jr, Peter Frampton, and more are playing this year's Mountain Jam.

Joseph Arthur's had a busy year -- he released a Lou Reed tribute album, played shows with Afghan Whigs and more. He's got a couple NY-area shows coming up in the next month...

The Cribs at MHOW in 2012 (more by Guy Eppel) A ton of artists were already announced for SXSW 2015 (March 17-22), and now the second artist announcement has come with several more including Twin Shadow, The Cribs, Swervedriver, Gang of Four, KEN mode, Weyes Blood, Wild Throne, Elvis Depressedly, SURVIVE, Juan Wauters, San Fermin, Lydia Ainsworth, The Blind Shake, Ex-Cult, Ikonika, King Tuff, Pujol, The Velvet Teen, The Zombies, Zookeeper, Yumi Zouma and tons m...

Johnn Murry @ CMJ 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) John Murry's album The Graceless Age was more of 2013's more lauded if underheard albums, making best-of lists in MOJO, The Guardian and others...

The fabulous Fleshtones, NYC's progenitors of "super rock," will release a new EP in August titled Los Fleshtones Quatro x Quatro via Yep Roc records...

Alejandro Escovedo at Clearwater 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) Alejandro Escovedo, who just guested with Bruce Springsteen at SXSW along with Arcade Fire and others for a performance of "This Land Is Your Land," is sticking around in his home state of Texas this month and next for a few more shows in the area...

Just as everyone at the SXSW Music Festival was finding their groove Wednesday, news of the death of Alex Chilton hit. "Austin's in shock about Alex," read one of the countless social media memes...