Mountain-Goats.com John Darnielle released the excellent Transcendental Youth last October, all the more astonishing because it's his 14th album with the Mountain Goats, a solo project that he willed into a band over years of growing a fan base primarily obsessed with his incredibly far-ranging narratives. But he runs such a gamut of tones ...

Dave Allocca, AP Fifty years. That's five times as long as the Beatles' career, and quite a bit longer than most other bands (or marriages). Rock 'n' roll was meant to explode and fall apart, so how humanoids like Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and company have survived the ringer this long remains a mystery. Nevertheless, better the world's ...

Danny Clinch With a new memoir out (the entertaining My Cross to Bear, co-written with Alan Light) and a surprising new engagement (to 24-year-old girlfriend Shannon Williams, which will be his seventh marriage), legendary Allman Brothers Band singer/keyboardist Gregg Allman, 64, is in the spotlight again. The book is surprisingly candid ...

Tim Mosenfelder, Getty Images Since their unlikely ascent to major-label stardom, which culminated in the No. 1 hit 'Narrow Stairs,' Death Cab for Cutie have been trying to break the humble-guys-in-a-band mold. 'Narrow Stairs''s first single, 'I Will Possess Your Heart,' was one kind of experiment, a bass- and drum-heavy eight-minute epic ...

Geffen Records Nirvana's limited-edition EP 'Hormoaning' was insanely sought after in its heyday back when 'Nevermind' was merely just a cause celebré. One can only imagine just how much its worth and ownership of it has risen in stature since Kurt Cobain's death and quick ascension to the Lennon/Hendrix echelons of rock 'n' roll ...

Getty Images | Redferns, Getty Images Radiohead's Thom Yorke is one of the few iconic artists who consistently makes fans' fantasy team-ups come true (see his collaborations with equally well-regarded peers like Bjork and PJ Harvey). Last year, he even lent his voice to one of the many soundscapes on Flying Lotus' highly acclaimed ...

Gino DePinto for AOL Consummate multi-tasker Jack White has a new project that will debut at SXSW, but it's not a band as you might expect. The man who recently broke up his most famous act, the White Stripes, has unveiled a vehicle for his Nashville-based Third Man record label that has been customized into a fully functional shop called the ...