Guitar Hero, Rock Band sign Hendrix, Aerosmith, G n' R and the WhoAerosmith don't have a new album out, but the band still scored the biggest sales week of its 38-year career in early July, thanks to the fastest-growing new
John McCain can't stand sucking up to the Christian right. Is this the end of the GOP's unholy alliance?Phoenix, July 13th, Sunday morning. Thank God John McCain has declared that he wants to wallpaper the continent with new nuke plants,
With a wildly popular tour and a new record expected to sell millions, the Jonas Brothers have gone from Disney novelty to phenomenon. All they want is for you to see them as a real band• Gallery: A Short History
Layoffs and the business' decline have scattered thousands of employees - so where are they now?The major record labels have laid off more than 5,000 employees since CD sales began plunging in 2000 — and that's not counting all the
Artist:Buddy GuyReview:Ever the showman but never the best album artist, blues-guitarinnovator Buddy Guy has nevertheless recorded more consistentlysince 1991's Damn Right, I Got the Blues. That's not tosay he hasn't turned out a few turkeys (remember 1993's FeelsLike Rain?), but
Artist:CSSReview:Four girls and a guy with backgrounds in film, fashion and graphicdesign, this São Paulo quintet combine synth-driven rave-upsand driving post-punk for Brazilian dance music that would sound athome in London or Manhattan. Their second album is long onexuberance and
Artist:Big Blue Ball (Peter Gabriel)Review:Gabriel fans hoping for a follow-up to 2002's Up will have tokeep waiting. Big Blue Ball is neither new nor is itstrictly Gabriel, although the pioneering art rocker's aestheticstamp (and, on four songs, his voice) is
Artist:U2Review:From the beginning, U2 aspired to profound ecstasy. But it tookBono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. a while to getthere. Two of U2's first three albums are undeniable classics:1980's precociously magnificent Boy for its proudlyspiritual optimism in
Artist:Dr. DogReview:"Let go of the old ones/We've got some new ones," sings ScottMcMicken on "The Old Days," a woozy parlor-room piano-rock reverie.The Philadelphia band's albums have always sounded like they shouldbe filed alongside "old ones" like the Band, the Beach
Artist:O.A.R.Review:Like fellow jam bands Phish and Dispatch, O.A.R. have built animpressive fan base by touring incessantly and encouraging fans totrade bootlegs of their shows. That strategy has helped them sellover 1.4 million records and score headlining gigs at MadisonSquare Garden,
A new reissue of the Beach Boys drummer's late-'70s album serves as a reminder of Wilson's talent and tormentHours before an early 1970s Beach Boys concert, the band's musical director Jim Guercio remembers drummer Dennis Wilson fooling around on the
