Thanksgiving is all about giving thanks, and what is a cover song if not a thank you to the music gods? Led Zeppelin’s 1969 power ballad “Thank You” has been covered by a wide variety of artists (it’s also a staple at weddings). Check out the video evidence below. If anyone can sing as high [...]

Andy Lykens is a music branding and marketing specialist for Imagem Music, the world’s largest independent music publisher. Follow him at andylykens.com/blog How often does a band you love come out with new music? If your answer is “typically once a year” you win the prize (which is getting to read the rest of this [...]

Legendary British ska and rock band The English Beat  (a.k.a The Beat) will release The Complete Beat, a 5-CD overview of their career, next Tuesday via Shout! Factory. The Complete Beat includes the band’s three studio albums with bonus tracks, which have been remastered from the original tapes. The bonus material, the majority of which [...]

Last night, Late Night host Jimmy Fallon donned some vintage Grunge duds and used his powers of musical mimicry to channel Eddie Vedder for a tribute to Knicks rising star Jeremy Lin. While recreating the look and mood of Pearl Jam’s 1992 “Jeremy” video, Fallon likened Lin to an “Asian Tebow,” and made the name [...]

photo by Eric Van’t Zelfden “Everybody wants to create something that’s their own and be revered for it, but the problem is, it’s all been done,” says Gaslight Anthem founding member and frontman Brian Fallon. “Unless you’re Radiohead, or Bon Iver.” We chatted with the 31-year-old, who released Elsie with his side project, The Horrible [...]

Various Artists The Bridge School Concerts [25th Anniversary Edition] (Reprise) Rating: This wildly, yet enjoyably eclectic collection of acoustic performances commemorating Neil Young’s 25th year of hosting the benefit Bridge School concerts covers a lot of musical territory. From Tony Bennett’s stunning performance of “Maybe This Time” to Metallica’s intense take on their “Disposable Heroes,” [...]

Pearl Jam Twenty, the new documentary on the band by Cameron Crowe, had its Seattle debut on September 20 (in a face off with grunge rivals Nirvana, it being the same night the “Nevermind Live” benefit concert was being held at the Experience Music Project museum). A quick sellout meant more screenings were added, and [...]

Pearl Jam Pearl Jam Twenty (Monkeywrench) Rating: Pearl Jam are the reigning kings of nineties rock, an unlikely gang of elder statesmen dressed up in flannel shirts and worn-out jeans. Twenty years since their debut album helped establish grunge as a radio format, fashion choice and buzzword for an entire generation, the guys have thrown [...]

Demme’s latest rock doc is a confessional journey through Shakey’s storied past When two passionate artists collide with like-minded visions, the result is a magical piece of filmmaking — art for art’s sake. This sums up Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme’s latest rock documentary, Neil Young Journeys, which premiered last night at the Toronto International [...]

In conjunction with U2′s Achtung Baby 20th Anniversary reissue that’s coming down the pike, Q Magazine has commissioned an album of corresponding covers, featuring the likes of Patti Smith (“Until The End Of The World’), Damien Rice (“One”), Jack White (“Love Is Blindness”) and Depeche Mode (“So Cruel”). Says Bono: “It’s strange, because when I [...]

You should never look a gift horse in the mouth, especially when it’s an exclusive preview of new tracks from roots rock outfit Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers. Gift Horse, the Massachusetts band’s second album for Vanguard Records, isn’t due in stores until October 11. But you can hear two new songs, the nostalgic, Pearl [...]

A short while back,  Under The Radar premiered the latest gorgeous folk track from Ryan Adams. “Shine Through The Dark,” a previously unreleased song that Adams refers to as “the first track I wrote after my retirement,” is featured on Live From Nowhere Near You: Volume Two. Released today, the album is a three-disc compilation [...]