Like many of Roland 's X0X machines, the TB-303 has had a profound effect on the development of dance music since it was released in 1981, even playing a large part in spawning its own subgenre - acid ...

I’m grateful to Taylor Swift, and others who have covered it, for introducing the song to a new generation. Three billion streams on Spotify is astonishing!’ ...

Fakhr has lived in the Bay Area since the 1980s. But Sunday was his first concert in the U.S., a Noise Pop show at Rickshaw ...

American musician Bob Power died on March 1. He was 68. The cause of death was not immediately available. Five hours ago, ...

Adding small or even large amounts of saturation doesn’t have to be bad for you, as we explore how to singe your sonics ...

Seals versus pedal-steels, a DIY symphony of garage rock & Super Nintendo synths? It must be Daryl Worthington with the best ...

From emo icons to indie heroes and pop powerhouses, we’re counting down the best bands of the 2000s. These 2000s bands defined a generation, and they’re still packing out arenas and club nights today.

They won the big prize... and lost the love. Thirteen rock bands who found fame and fortune - but lost the simple love of ...

A Biography of Al Green by Jimmy McDonough, and the popularity of Green’s recordings on reissue CD’s and streaming outlets, it’s appropriate to display a 2004 interview I initially conduced for HITS ...

In the summer of 1991, Nirvana filmed the music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on a Culver City sound stage. Kurt Cobain strummed the grunge anthem's iconic four-chord opening riff on a 1969 ...

Twenty years later J Dilla’s final masterpiece remains a timeless, soulful blueprint for the future of hip-hop.

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