MySpace is bad enough that it was likely that someone was going to come up with a better mousetrap and maybe that’s what Bandcamp is, says Tim Dunlop.
Rock star actor, sometimes that is an oxymoron. The Independent senses an excuse for a photo gallery.
When Elvis died there was no etiquette for handling the death of a rock superstar, says David Hepworth. Thirty years later, it's a different story.
Don Walker -- the man who wrote the lyrics to Flame Trees or Khe Sanh -- is probably Australian rock’s greatest songwriter. But nonetheless, I call bullshit on his memoir, says Tim Dunlop.
The outpouring of grief over Michael Jackson's death is just false emotion, spawned from the public's desire to be part of a community and a big event, writes Hadley Freeman.
According to TMZ, performer Michael Jackson is dead at 50, after going into a cardiac arrest. The LA Times has pronounced him dead too. Police are yet to confirm the story.
With over 20 years since their classic albums like Shark Sandwich and Smell the Glove, Spinal Tap have released a new record. They talk to Wired.
Almost every line of Francis Scott Key’s “Star-Spangled Banner” seems to be woven into the fabric of American pop culture. Mark Summers chronicles where it's popped up.
Online music store, eMusic, which focuses on independent labels recently added Sony's back catalogue. It went down like a cup of cold sick, says Tim Dunlop, who interviews Cathy Nevins about the change.
Once an icon of the west, music super-stores are now a sad casualty of the booming digital music market and shrinking bank balances. The NY Times visits New York's last large-scale record store -- Virgin Megastore -- on its final day of business.
