Ian Winwood

It was the final straw for Grian Chatten and his adopted home city of Dublin. Taking the air on a stroll around the bustling Temple Bar area, the singer of Fontaines D.C. caught sight of a gaggle of young admirers shadowing him from a distance...

Lawrence Livermore, the founder of Lookout! Records, Green Day’s first record label, claims that when he first invited the group to make the EP that would become 1989’s 1,000 Hours, Billie Joe Armstrong was so young, he didn’t recognize the opportunity as being of any great significance.  More than th...

On a spring day in London, Amy Love and Georgia South sat listening as the rain danced its desultory rhythms on the pavement outside the South family home. Seeing that the two young women, then teenagers, were succumbing to listlessness and boredom, South’s father issued a stern injunction. “Sto...

When Mark Lanegan sang that he was “torn like an old dollar bill” in 1992, he was a 28-year-old man with the voice of one who had lived hundreds of lives, none of them easy. His own life was at times equally grueling. With the news that the artist has today passed away at his home in Killarney, in the Republic of Ireland, at the age of 57, his compelling story of personal redemption has reached a

In a world where bigotry has grown and isolation from digital screens amplified, IDLES strive to show love and empathy in the most in-your-face way possible. Fresh off their recent release, Crawler, the English quintet have released a music video for “When The Lights Come On.” The...

If you’re looking for evidence of the breadth and depth of Tom Morello’s talents as a guitar player, consider this. Prior to a guest appearance at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California, with the E Street Band, he was told by Bruce Springsteen that that evening’s performance of “The Ghost Of Tom Joad” would be played in a different key from the one he was used to. Worried that he wouldn’t ... Re