DNCE drops a super debut album. Prepare to dance.
Thursday, 1 December 2016, 14:56
Last update: about 10 years ago
Goofy mistakes seem to be part of the dance-rock group DNCE led by Joe Jonas. It got its name after a member misspelled "dance" in a text and its biggest single to date was inspired by a mangled...
Reader-friendly literary criticism book a million seller
Thursday, 1 December 2016, 13:39
Last update: about 10 years ago
When Rachel Stewart was a rising senior at Bellbrook High School in Ohio, her assigned reading for AP Literature included a work of criticism that she dreaded getting through: "How to Read Literature...
Bon Jovi can still bring the hits in 4th decade
Wednesday, 30 November 2016, 14:55
Last update: about 10 years ago
The most famous head of hair in rock 'n' roll is short and gray these days, and its owner no longer writes songs about runaways, blood red nails, cowboys or New Jersey mating rituals. But more...
Alejandro Escovedo rocks out on 'Burn'
Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 14:54
Last update: about 10 years ago
The 65-year-old singer-songwriter emerged in the 1970s as a punk rocker, gained acclaim as a soulful Texas-based alt-country star and has been holding down the roots rock mantle for years. The styles...
STRFKR's relaxed flow fits 4th album's dance grooves
Saturday, 26 November 2016, 16:32
Last update: about 10 years ago
Frontman Josh Hodges takes command on STRFKR's 4th album, shaping the dance grooves into a relaxed, joyous flow. Written during a stint in the California desert outpost of Joshua Tree, Hodges'...
Rockers Kings of Leon find a challenge on new record
Friday, 25 November 2016, 16:31
Last update: about 10 years ago
For the family band Kings of Leon, one of the biggest factors in making decisions about their career is what will make their wives and children happy. So the large Followill clan, which includes three...
'Mozart 225' contains all of his music in 200-CD box set
Thursday, 24 November 2016, 16:30
Last update: about 10 years ago
What measures 11 inches square and 7 inches high, weighs 21 1/2 pounds and takes 10 days and nights to play? Answer: A new box set jam-packed with 200 CDs that contains every note composed by...
Love helps Jim James survive on 'Eternally Even'
Wednesday, 23 November 2016, 16:28
Last update: about 10 years ago
My Morning Jacket's Jim James takes a melancholy turn on "Eternally Even," a dreamy if somber overview of some of life's pressures and challenges. The focus of James' attention is clear from the...
Let's do the time warp again! Rocky Horror remake rocks
Tuesday, 22 November 2016, 16:26
Last update: about 10 years ago
Let's do the time warp again! More than 40 years after one of the great cult films of all time introduced an unsuspecting public to sweet transvestites, a mad scientist making an erotic...