Cloudspeakers

Five studio albums in, California psych-garage trio Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are still religious zealots — worshippers in rock's Gothic cathedral. The song titles tell the tale: "Bad Blood,""War... Read more

Some grousing from fans greets most posthumous Jimi Hendrix studio releases. And fair enough: Hendrix can't offer his opinion anymore, and between past dubious product (i.e., the heavily overdubbed... Read more

At its website, Montreal's Breakglass Studios — run by Besnard Lakes bandleader Jace Lasek — trumpets its custom 1969 Neve mixing board, used by Led Zeppelin on Physical Graffiti. The same piece of... Read more

Part Kanye West, part Brian Eno, producer-musician Brian Burton — a.k.a. Danger Mouse — has defined himself with his excellent taste in brilliant misfits. His biggest smash was Gnarls Barkley, with... Read more

What happens when a cartoon rock group turns into the real thing? Twelve years ago, when Blur's Damon Albarn started Gorillaz, it just seemed like a typical English rock star's idea of a groovy sid... Read more

This tribute to 12 of Peter Gabriel's favorite songwriters is a cool idea that turns into a stone bore. His bombastic, lushly orchestrated re-imaginings manage to rob every song, except for Randy N... Read more

"All these songs, when you and I are long gone, will carry on," coos Joanna Newsom on the title cut of this three-CD opus. A gentle "piss off" to her critics? Perhaps; this odd-voiced, wildly ambit... Read more

This six-cd set is the definitive account of Buddy Holly's life on record, from a crude tape of him at 13, yelping Hank Snow's "My Two-Timin' Woman," to demos of Holly's last great songs, "Crying, ... Read more

Texas country rocker Danny Barnes likes to do wild things with his banjo — check out the explosive picking on his old band the Bad Livers' turbocharged hillbilly version of Iggy Pop's "Lust for Lif... Read more

Like sister Shelby Lynne and husband Steve Earle, Allison Moorer drives her Nashville-born career all over the map. Here she unfurls dark emotions in uncharacteristic chamber-folk settings. "Easy i... Read more