The B-Sides News

I remember scanning the audience as my wife and I found our seats for George Carlin's performance in Tilson Auditorium back on Sept.

Cobra Starship combines '80s new wave influences and funky fashion with quirky dance moves and plenty of irony.

The local quartet Theodore excels at writing heart-rending folk songs and deconstructing them to their breaking points.

Iron & Wine: Respect the beard and the man's art. Judging from the trance-inducing, whispered meditations of Iron & Wine, the group's singer and songwriter, Sam Beam, should be far less affable and more ...

Maroon 5's 2007 album "It Won't Be Soon Before Long," will be reissued in expanded form July 8 via A&M/Octone. The package will include a bonus DVD with four music videos and a full concert shot last year in ...

"What is popular is not always right. What is right is not always popular." This adage crept into my skull like a WFPK earworm last week when I read that Universal Republic's 3 Doors Down had topped the ...

Marte Brunsting, Sue Stratton and Patti Foerster toast a successful year of the Fine Arts Affiliates, a support group of the CSULB College of the Arts, at the annual dinner meeting May 9 at Rancho Los Alamitos.

One of our favorite board game online super stores is having a spring clearance sale to make room for the new line of 2008 board game.

Amerykah the Beautiful Erykah Badu's latest album, New Amerykah Part One , follows the progression of the neo-soul queen past the Sunday-morning sound of 1997's Baduizm into zany, more synthetic and densely ...

The 2008 Miller Lite Hot Country Nights series at Fourth Street Live! runs June 4-Aug. 6. All concerts are free and begin at 7:30 p.m. The lineup includes: Tracy Lawrence Tracy Lawrence keeps his family and ...

Amy has a special place in her heart for Maker's Mark, sausage McMuffins and horrible band names.

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra La La Band started as a modest three-piece spinoff of the dynamic avant-garde instrumental ensemble Godspeed You! Black Emporer.

Noise Pollution's release last year of Bold Beginnings: An Incomplete History of Louisville Punk Rock has sparked a trend of sorts.

“The '50s: Fun, Fear and Rock 'n' Roll.”

Almost 400 arts leaders and dignitaries attended the Arts Council for Long Beach's Mayor's Gala. via Press-Telegram

After Ne-Yo opened for Alicia Keys last month at the Scottrade Center, he stuck around to present six songs from his upcoming album Year of the Gentleman at Grove club the Gramophone. via Riverfront Times

“One of the best ways to get through to a crowd is not to be afraid to laugh at yourself, making jokes about the way you do things, being willing to look a fool for the sake of it.”

Australian guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel Australian guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel's affinity for Kentucky goes beyond a few tour dates in the bluegrass. via LEO Weekly

“Prove yourself/I'm better off dead”

It's next to impossible to choose a favorite album among those in Radiohead's catalog. via Riverfront Times

Tru Thoughts - UK Future Jazz / Downtempo 7.5/10 Benedic Lamdin makes a lot of noise for one man. via XLR8R

MONOLITH today announces the release of its first full-sized comic book publication Rapid City: B-Sides #1. By breaking away from MONOLITH's flagship title, Rapid City: B-Sides manages to deepen the line's ... via Silver Bullet Comics

“It was a very difficult time that I was dealing with, and it just came to the point where I really needed to - basically, I just needed to run away, honestly”

Alicia makes sweet love on the piano keys. She sings. She acts. She saves the world, or tries to, through her various charity efforts. via St. Louis - riverfronttimes.com