On two critically acclaimed albums and a new EP, the Hamilton, Ontario, based Junior Boys have proven themselves masters of the electro-croon. Now, they're transferring their cool, studio-based textures to the sunburned fields of Indio at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival this Sunday. Read more...

Internationally renowned author T.C. Boyle "“ that's Thomas Coraghessan, for those who don't know "“ kindly says it's an accident that he wound up as a professor at USC instead of UCLA, since USC was the first university that offered him a job after he completed his graduate program in Iowa. Read more...

When I was four years old, my mother would read a bedtime story to me every night before I drifted off into silent slumber. Read more...

Over three decades after first performing at what became New York's punk mecca, Patti Smith has outlasted most of her CBGB contemporaries. Yet time hasn't dulled her passion. Read more...

Face it. Particularly in the case of shoegaze, it's never going to be as genuine as the late '80s, early '90s cusp. But entrenched in a battlefield of U.S. v. U.K. musical warfare dating back to the '60s, many current bands continue to fight the good fight. Read more...

When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar retired from basketball, he had three NCAA titles, six NBA titles and Most Valuable Player honors, as well as 38,387 points "“ still the NBA's career record "“ under his belt. Read more...

Sacramento band !!! (pronounced "Chk Chk Chk") has been channeling and revitalizing the disco-punk music of the early 1980s New York noise scene for over 10 years. Read more...