Red Hot Chili Peppers

Ten Unlikely Musicians Whose Best Songs Are Slow Jams

Over time, rock and roll lost touch with its "Love Me Tender" and "Peggy Sue" beginnings and became kind of a closet Quiet Storm listener sometime around the time Ozzy Osbourne entered the collective consciousness. Except even hair metal was dominated by lighter-wavers. Basically, no one can resist ... More >>

POP IS DEAD

Thom Yorke returns for an intimate Atoms for Peace DJ set

The Six Coolest Members of Otherwise Uncool Bands

By Ryan Wasoba Bands are collections of people. In any such group, some people will be cooler than others. Even in an uncool rock band, there will be cool people. Here are the six coolest members of uncool bands. Cool? Cool. See also: Top 10 Douchiest Guitarists of All Time

Coachella 2013 Lineup Announced

After countless rumors, false starts, and fakes, the ACTUAL, REAL DEAL, NO BULLSHIT Coachella Lineup has finally been announced. And, no, the Rolling Stones aren't headlining. But you already knew that. So who is? These are your Coachella headliners: Stone Roses and Blur the first night, Phoenix the ... More >>

WEMP's Discovery Mission

New rock returns to the New York airwaves

Seven (New And Old) Rock Songs That WEMP Should Add To Its Playlist ASAP

In this week's Voice I wrote about the recently flipped 101.9 FM, which—after an abortive effort at being an FM news/talk hybrid—is back to playing commercial "alternative" rock. I listened to a lot of the station's programming during its first seven days on the air, and while I was ofte ... More >>

Sublime's "What I Got" And Its Ability To Inspire Low-Level Road Rage

This month, to celebrate the Internet's unbridled love for wallowing in nostalgia and even greater relishing of talking about why certain cultural artifacts are horrible, Sound of the City presents First Worsts, a series in which our writers remember the first time... they ever hated a song enough t ... More >>

Santigold's Gold Standard

Santi White's genre-bending adventures continue on her second album

Live: The Electric Daisy Carnival Covers MetLife Stadium In Candy And Beats

Electric Daisy Carnival MetLife Stadium May 18-20 Better than: Sucking on lollipops without musical accompaniment. The premise behind festivals like the Electric Daisy Carnival creates an odd situation. By bringing a late-night world that typically exists in hot, dark rooms into the outdoors, the ... More >>

10 No-Brainer Rock Legends Never Nominated For The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame

This weekend, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its class of 2012, which consists of Donovan, the Beastie Boys, the late singer-songwriter Laura Nyro, the Small Faces and the Faces, blues guitarist Freddie King, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Guns N' Roses, although not lead singer Axl Rose, wh ... More >>

Getting the Drop on the Hammerstein with the Cosmic Opera

Turntables are nice, but aerialists are even nicer

Sound Of The City's 2011 NBA Preview: Each Team, Paired With An Album From The Past Year

Think of the orange car as a clue. ​The resurrected NBA season kicks off (thankfully, finally) on Sunday. To celebrate, we've paired each team with a notable album from the past year; the list, with tweet-sized justifications, is below. (NB, although the NBA-savvy of you might have already fig ... More >>

Guns N' Roses And Some Other People Get The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Nod; Plus, Get A Peek At My Ballot

​This morning the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame announced its 2012 inductees, and topping the list is the snarling chroniclers of Sunset Strip decadence Guns N' Roses. (Will they get back together for the induction dinner? Is Axl Rose only going to call up Izzy for the big night? How does Tracii ... More >>

Happy Halloween: 7 Scary Movies With Pretty Good Soundtracks

​ It's almost Halloween, and if you're like me, you've been spending your free time watching scary movies and thinking up costume ideas. These sorts of movies are usually known for blood, boobs, and bad jokes, but the music that accompanies them is important, too. For instance, high-pitched s ... More >>

R.E.M.'s Reckoning

The band closes the book on their legacy

The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Class Of 2012 Could Include Eric B & Rakim And Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses ca. 1987: If nothing else, that pouf should be immortalized for eternity. ​The Cure, Eric B. & Rakim, and Guns N' Roses are among the new-to-the-ballot artists on the list for for the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame's class of 2012, announced this morning; they join previous nominees ... More >>

Kreayshawn

The Five "Best" Retired Categories At The Video Music Awards

MTV turns 30 today. To celebrate, we're running a bunch of pieces on the channel, its legacy, and its future. Would you look at all that postmodernism? For a multimillion-dollar event orchestrated with the dictatorial hand of all awards shows, there's always been a certain thrilling seat-of-the-pa ... More >>

K'Naan

Live: Armin Van Buuren, Diplo, And Aeroplane Regale The Ravers At Electric Zoo

​Just an example of the clientele here. Pics by Puja, more below.​Electric Zoo Day II Randall's Island Sunday, September 5 Not only did this Labor Day weekend mark the last day to wear white without glares of disapproval, it also brought Made Event's second-annual Electric Zoo festival ... More >>

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ERASER  HEADS LIVE

Thom Yorke will hug you with nuclear arms

The 50 Worst Songs of the '00s, F2K No. 6: Hot Action Cop, "Fever For The Flava"

F2K is a countdown of the 50 worst songs of the decade. Track our progress here. The song speaks for it itself. If giant, raging purple erections in cargo shorts could speak.

Riot, Girls! Stooges Enter Rock Hall of Fame; ABBA, Genesis, Cliff, Hollies Also In

​The Stooges, who patiently rocked behind Iggy while beer bottles flew at the Michigan Theater in the late 60s and early 70s, have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rendering the honor bittersweet is guitarist Ron Asheton's death earlier this year, and music in general. Also ... More >>

Blogger Dan de Lara (a/k/a Asian Dan) Professes His Love for Battles, Irving Plaza, and A-Trak

We recently published the Voice's Best of NYC issue, our annual opportunity to bestow arbitrary awards like Best Rapper Twitter Feed and Best Radio DJ. In turn, we asked a few of our favorite New Yorkers to name their favorite local things. Dan de Lara may hail from the forgotten borough, but th ... More >>

Lenny Kravitz

News Roundup: Leonard Cohen, The Decemberists, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guitar Hero

​--Tickets for Leonard Cohen's October 23rd gig at Madison Square Garden are now available via Fan Club Pre-Sale: the password is CENTRALPARK. Regular seats for the Garden show go on sale August 10th at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster for all the general public schmucks. The 74-year-old legend re ... More >>

Photos: Mazor Lazer, The Virgins, Amazing Baby, Conor Oberst, Public Enemy at Japan's Fuji Rock Festival

all photos by Rebecca Smeyne While you were busy shrieking at the East River stormclouds this past weekend, some of our locals were overseas for Fuji Rock, a gorgeously run three-day Japanese music festival. There were approximately 130,000 attendees, Oasis, Weezer, and Franz Ferdinand as headliner ... More >>

New Philharmonic Logo: "Looks Like a Table Saw"

The New York Philharmonic has changed its graphic identity from the flowing, music-staff theme of the Lorin Maazel era (left) to a simpler circle-and-baton (right) created by Hall-of-Fame art director Paula Scher. Identity design blog Brand New opens the floor to comments. "My first impression was ... More >>

PARTY AT GROUND ZERO

Fishbone keeps on rockin' in the free world

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Patti Smith's Twelve

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The Rage Against the Machine Reunion: Some Historical Perspective

A Blast from the Past

Beyonce and Jay-Z's "Deja Vu": Jam of the Summer?

Red Hot Summer Nights

Though not exactly The Beatles or The Wall, call this cheery double album The Barbecue

Agricultural Ravers and Poppers Smack Their Kiwi Up

AmsterJam gets AmsterSlammed? AmsterDAMN!

Almost Famous

Reality TV spawns spin-offs: Wannabes compete for spots and hope to become Mega Stars

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Five Corporations Cope With Content

Fast, cheap and out of control

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