Twenty-five years ago, hip-hop/electroclash baddie Princess Superstar, aka Concetta Kirschner, was the queen of the scene with Princess Superstar Is, the album that AllMusic Guide’s rave review said “should mark...

“I think he’d be over the bloody moon,” says legendary bassist Peter Hook, when asked how late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis would react to Joy Division/New Order’s induction into...

This week sees the release of Mother Mary, a psychosexual thriller about the fictional, titular electrogoth/pop star played against type by Anne Hathaway, whom Vogue has described in a movie...

Legendary drummer Ringo Starr is sitting with the legendary T Bone Burnett at Los Angeles’s legendary Village Studios, discussing his Burnett-produced forthcoming Americana record, Long Long Road, at a press...

Back when Australian garage-rockers Jet were dominating aughts FM radio with their attitudinal, riffage-heavy bangers “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” and “Cold Hard Bitch,” drummer Chris Cester was sort...

This week brings us a new album from Ringo Starr, who’ll also appear on his former bandmate Paul McCartney’s The Boys of Dungeon Lane album coming out May 29. But...

Genre-fluid musician and multimedia artist Mz Neon may be preparing to release her debut album, Maximaschina, but she’s already lived many lifetimes of rock-star adventures. As a queer misfit and...

King Tuff, aka neo-psychedelic singer-songwriter Kyle Thomas, is a modern-day renaissance man. When he’s not fronting the stoner-rock band Witch, occasionally playing with Ty Segall, or focused on his solo...

On Dec. 31, 1984 — almost two years before Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. teamed up for their historic rap/rock remake of “Walk This Way” — Sex Pistols/Public Image Ltd. punk legend...

When Los Angeles indie-pop trio Cannons returned from their grueling Heartbeat Highway tour in late 2024, just as their career was really exploding, frontwoman Michelle Joy knew something wasn’t quite...