Larry Ryan - Caught in the net
There has been a flurry of activity in the UK lately for Violens, a band based in New York but originally from Miami. They have just rele

How Form 696 could pull the plug on the capital's music scene
Teenage kicks will be harder to get if publicans and managers of other small venues are forced to comply with a new piece of bureaucracy

The return of punk's first lady
The force of nature who screamed "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" in 1977 is nowhere to be seen. I twice walk past Poly Styrene, the sometime lead

Chris Knight On Mountain Stage
Based out of his tiny, rustic hometown of Slaughters, Ky., songwriter and guitarist Chris Knight writes backwoods poetry with introspection

Steve Wynn Finds Inspiration In Slovenia
Former Dream Syndicate frontman Steve Wynn took a break from his newest band, The Baseball Project, to record Crossing Dragon Bridge

Tell Off Your Boss: Songs For Quitting Time
At a time when jobs are anything but disposable, it's hard to imagine what it would take to drive workers out the door voluntarily. But when