Mar 18th, 2010 · Based on a popular novel by Swedish author Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo follows the unlikely partnership between a brilliant young hacker and a discredited investigative journalist who team up to solve a 40-year-old murder. Hollywood already plans to remake it, but you're better off catching the original.
Mar 12th, 2010 · The band's 1999 debut fused punk, reggae and dub music, but Leo has gone in several other directions since: He and The Pharmacists have crafted a contagious and infectious sound that also incorporates pop, rock, soul, folk and more.
Feb 22nd, 2010 · The band members, who are still in their early 20s, recorded their debut album Astro Coast in their Florida dorm room before releasing it to an enthusiastic audience. Throughout the record, Surfer Blood pulls off a tricky mix of surly post-punk and sunny surf-rock.
Feb 19th, 2010 · Until I was in high school, every music concert I attended, from Madonna to George Michael, was a huge event. The performer was on stage — singing, writhing, running, dancing, flirting — but the music and the musicians were obscured. What changed, of course, was buying my first guitar and seeing my first punk and rock shows.
Feb 17th, 2010 · In 1979, Hart formed the post-hardcore punk band Husker Du with Bob Mould, and became an underground icon in the decade that followed. Shortly after the group split in 1987, Hart began a solo career, recording five solo albums between 1988 and '99 (plus two more as leader of Nova Mob). His newest record, Hot Wax, just arrived after a 10-year hiatus.
Feb 3rd, 2010 · The quirky and charismatic leader of the punk-cabaret duo The Dresden Dolls, Palmer has spent recent years building her reputation as a solo artist. Her first solo album was produced by Ben Folds. Titled Who Killed Amanda Palmer, it came out in 2008. Here, she appears on World Cafe.
Jan 28th, 2010 · Just Kids, a new memoir from punk icon Patti Smith that recounts her longtime friendship, romance and creative collaboration with famed photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, debuts at No. 4.
Jan 25th, 2010 · Before either of them were famous, Patti Smith shared a romance and a deep friendship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. Critic Michael Schaub says her new memoir, Just Kids, is a gift to anyone who has ever been touched by their art.