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American Doll Posse | ALBUM REVIEW

Of the twenty-three tracks on her ninth studio album, Tori Amos only takes credit for singing five of them. The others, liner notes indicate, are vocalized by alternate Amoses named Clyde, Isabel, Santa and Pip — four...
May 3, 2007 12:00 AM ET
Light Grenades | ALBUM REVIEW

Thanks to the funky-ish metal on their early albums and tours with the likes of Korn and 311 in the late Nineties, Incubus have always carried a faint whiff of new metal — despite the fact that...
November 27, 2006 12:00 AM ET
Pete Townshend: Dr. Who | ARTICLE

In June, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey gathered with their road crew and backing band at the cavernous Bray Film Studios an hour...
November 2, 2006 12:00 PM ET
Live Review: Regina Spektor Charms at Town Hall | ARTICLE

As anyone who's ever misheard the lyrics to Elton John's "Benny & The Jets" knows, sometimes the word "boots" can be mistaken for one of our personal favorite cleavage euphemisms. Which might explain why, when one of...
September 29, 2006 2:44 PM ET
The Who Launch New Tour, Album | ARTICLE

After bassist John Entwistle died suddenly in June 2002, Pete Townshend says he wasn't sure the Who would ever tour again. "I...
July 13, 2006 12:00 PM ET
100 Best Covers: Townshend Unbound | ARTICLE

Only six months after eleven fans were trampled to death at a Who concert in Cincinnati, Pete Townshend was characteristically blunt during...
May 18, 2006 12:00 PM ET
The 100 Best Covers: Justin Timberlake Grows Up | ARTICLE

When I was a kid, I remember seeing Aerosmith on the cover of Rolling Stone and thinking, 'Wow, they're rock stars,'" says
May 18, 2006 12:00 PM ET
Life On The Murder Scene | ALBUM REVIEW

Just because the gothed-out jersey boys in My Chemical Romance can now fill arenas doesn't mean their hearts aren't still in the mildewed basements where they got their start playing DIY hardcore shows. As this live set...
March 9, 2006 12:00 AM ET
Mariah After Midnight | ARTICLE

Below is an excerpt of an article that originally appeared in RS 994 from February 23, 2006. This issue and the rest of the Rolling Stone archives are available via Rolling Stone Plus, Rolling Stone's...
February 23, 2006 12:00 AM ET
Jacksonville City Nights | ALBUM REVIEW

Lately Ryan Adams has been revisiting the country rock of his early career: first with Cold Roses, the two-disc set Adams and his band the Cardinals put out just a few months ago; and now on Jacksonville...
October 6, 2005 12:00 AM ET
Nerd Rock Nirvana | ARTICLE

Below is an excerpt of an article that originally appeared in RS 983 from September 22, 2005. This issue and the rest of the Rolling Stone archives are available via Rolling Stone Plus, Rolling Stone's premium...
September 22, 2005 12:00 AM ET
City Of Evil | ALBUM REVIEW

Though they dress like goth punks and are currently one of the hottest acts on the Warped Tour, Avenged Sevenfold have evolved since 2001 from a hardcore-influenced screamo outfit into straight-up metalheads. Fiery twin-guitar assaults and complex...
July 28, 2005 12:00 AM ET
Funeral | ALBUM REVIEW

The liner notes to this exceptional debut from the Arcade Fire refer to the recent deaths of several family members — which explains why Funeral aches with elegiac intensity. Chilly imagery from this indie-rock band's native Montreal...
December 9, 2004 12:00 AM ET
50 Cent Goes Hollywood | ARTICLE

By Thanksgiving, 50 Cent will have a new single on the radio and a new album nearly finished. But that's not all the rapper has on his agenda: During the next few months, he's appearing in animated...
November 5, 2004 12:00 AM ET
Donnas Get Out the Vote | ARTICLE

In a unprecedented initiative to get voters to the polls, Warner Music Group is affixing pro-voting stickers on all new CDs. Between now and Election Day, nearly fifty releases -- including albums by R.E.M., the Donnas and...
October 13, 2004 12:00 AM ET
The Libertines Blow Up | ARTICLE

Just as their self-titled second album is gaining momentum, it seems the most exciting band to come out of the U.K. in years may be ready for the curtain to come down. With breakups, break-ins, hard drugs...
October 7, 2004 12:00 AM ET
Morello, Kid Rock Clash | ARTICLE

When the Republican National Convention descended on New York last week, rockers came with it. Lynyrd Skynyrd jammed for an audience of Southern Republicans, Kid Rock headlined a party hosted by the Recording Industry Association of America,...
September 9, 2004 12:00 AM ET
Hot Fuss | ALBUM REVIEW

Don't be fooled by their retro threads and the the in their name: The Killers threaten to pry dance rock from the steely grip of hipsterdom and thrust it unrepentantly into the mainstream. The Rapture are artier,...
July 8, 2004 12:00 AM ET
Warner to Ax Eighty Artists | ARTICLE

More than a thousand employees got pink slips from the new Warner Music Group in March; now the company plans to drop almost half of its 170 artists. At press time, final decisions had not been made....
June 3, 2004 12:00 AM ET
What's Next for the Who | ARTICLE

More than twenty years after the Who released their last studio album – 1982's It's Hard – Pete Townshend and
March 18, 2004 12:00 PM ET