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Top 6 Rock Star-Inspired Halloween Costume Ideas

It's about mid-October, just shy of two weeks away from the celebration of All Hallow's Eve. Right about now, most people are either brainstorming or panicking as they try to come up with a fantast...

What's Your Favorite Thing About Halloween?

Vitamin String Quartet Halloween Pumpkin Carving Stencil

Happy Halloween from Vitamin String Quartet! Share your love of music and your favorite string quartet by carving a kick-ass one of a kind pumpking using our VSQ halloween pumpkin carving stencil...

Campaign To Pay Off Electrical Audio's Mortgage

If you're a fan of (good) alternative music, the name Steve Albini should ring a bell. If not, you'll more than likely recognize at least a few of the many bands he's been in (Shellac, Big Black,...

Trent Reznor Releases Free Social Networking Songs

Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor and his frequent collaborator Atticus Ross, were recently tapped for some soundtrack work for the upcoming Facebook bio The Social Network. The album, which ...

Indie Label Asthmatic Kitty Takes On Amazon’s Digital Pricing

Indie darling Sufjan Stevens new album, which he announced a bit over a week ago, is due to be released in a couple weeks. Recently his record label, Asthmatic Kitty, posted a letter to the public ...

Awesome Cover Bands: Ray Davies Duet Album

The Kinks’ lead man, Ray Davies, has reemerged from the shadows with a new duets album that revisits a lot of the old material that made his name synonymous with rock and roll. The new album, title...

Things We Like: Jack White’s Record Label Releases Triple Decker Record

Forever the innovator, and extreme vinyl enthusiast, Jack White’s record label Third Man Records, has created a new form of vinyl. This crazy contraption is actually a 12-inch single pressing wit...

Top 10 Brian Eno-Produced Albums

In both his production work and his solo releases, self-described "non-musician" Brian Eno has had an incalcuable influence on the recording and production of modern rock/pop music. While his solo ...

Things We Like: The Five People You Meet Working the Bar At A Rock Club

Music blog Music Snobbery recently posted a list of the Five People You Meet Working the Bar At A Rock Club, and it’s pretty dead-on. Apparently it’s part of a series of similar lists the author ...