An unexpected collaboration influenced the music. Some life-changing, traumatic events inspired the lyrics. That combination of elements spurred the creation of The Hard Way, the stirring, emotionally ...

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Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney, Emmett Kelly, and Jim White’s classic-rock comfort food retains the willful eccentricity and goofball impulses of its creators.

Twenty years removed from its mainstream peak, Dave Matthews Band is still one of the world's biggest bands, largely existing ...

In 2012, I had planned to write about Halestorm, but unfortunately, it slipped my mind. I recall I had a draft but I never ...