Andrew H. Walker, Getty Veteran rock band Heart have achieved many things over their 30+ year career: an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a place at the vanguard for women in rock, a trio of all-time classic songs ("Crazy on You," "Magic Man," "Barracuda"), but one of the band's greatest moments may have had less to do what ...

Andy Sheppard, Redferns Jason Molina, the man behind Magnolia Electric Co and Songs: Ohia, passed away Saturday, March 16 in Indianapolis, Indiana due to what his record company Secretly Canadian called "natural causes." He was 39. Molina had been out of the spotlight since late 2009 when he ceased touring due to health problems brought on ...

Canada Post Stompin' Tom Connors was pointing at the various things in and around his famous-slash-infamous rec room and its horseshoe-shaped bar. The tray of sandwiches on the pool table. The old jukebox that was filled almost exclusively with records by Hank Williams or Connors himself. A hand twirled casually towards couches around the ...

Sony It's not until "On the Wing," the sixth song on How to Destroy Angels' debut album Welcome Oblivion, that it becomes clear what's so darn uncomfortable about the whole thing. As Mariqueen Maandig and husband/Nine Inch Nails overlord Trent Reznor coo over a deliberate thumping beat, the melody line that shines through is Johnny Nash's ...

Hulton Archive Did you know that Neil Young has only ever won two Grammy Awards? In 2009 he scored Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package for that Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963-1972) box set, then a year later he won Best Rock Song for "Angry World." We'll let that sink in a bit. At least the awards powers-that-be have been ...

Amazon The Smiths are never reuniting. Deal with it. Morrissey plays a half-dozen Smiths songs at every show, so really, what difference does it make what the name on the marquee says anyway? And besides, Johnny Marr, the musical mastermind of that band, clearly moved on 25 years ago and has the resume to prove it (Paul McCartney, ...

Per Kristiansen In the spirit of garage-punks like the Hives and Millencolin, Swedish gal punks Tiger Bell are throwing down the jams -- both in a rock 'n' roll and in a roller derby sense. The band's new video for "Slaughter's Daughter" is a spiky rock number perfect for throwing elbows around the roller derby track. Which was no ...