Rock 101

How can a music scout turn going to a strip club a business deduction? By declaring it a work expense.

There have been 1000 one-hour episodes of The Ongoing History of New Music. No, I can’t believe it, either.

If you’re a fan of Soundgarden and Chris Cornell, you need to hear this one from Fortunate Losers.

You never know if you might infringe on something and face a plagiarism charge.

Guitars were once expected to sound clean and pure. Now we love distortion and feedback. How did we get here?

There are thousands upon thousands of Christmas songs out there, but have you heard these? New Music Friday is here to expand your holiday song universe.

Anyone who has ever enjoyed electronic music owes a debt of gratitude to Daphne Oram.

A drinking song from The Pogues? Shocking.

If you’re going to get off a bus, make sure it’s not moving. Cage the Elephant learned that.

There’s an alt-80s guitar sound to Kings of Yellow that works very ell today.