Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ bluesy Mojo, reissued here in Extra Mojo Version, proves that you can’t keep a good band down for long.

In her studies of sound illusions, British psychologist Diana Deutsch observed a phenomenon in which the brain will eventually perceive music in a fragment of looped language.

Back in ’92 Drop Nineteens were a glowing star in the small constellation of the British shoegaze scene. The catch being that the Boston natives were, of course, not British at all.

With Little Bit of Sun, Semisonic’s first album in more than 20 years, it is apparent that the band has just picked up where it left off.

Viji—aka Vanilla Jenner—appears to have found her natural home with the tastemaker label extraordinaire Speedy Wunderground.

As posthumous, mop-up jobs go, Bird Machine is a fine effort.

It’s easy to forget that as well as being a stalwart of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street band, Nils Lofgren is a solo artist of great renown.

Andy and the Odd Socks seven-date UK tour came to a glorious end at a sold out Brighton Dome last weekend.

Being a child in a space generally meant for, and currently filled with, adults can be both an exciting and unnerving experience. My father was a music photographer who especially loved jazz (while also capturing many rock legends with his lens) and I would often be the only kid at Ronnie Scott’s, the famous London jazz club, or the lone under-ager in the photo pit at a music festival, sometimes helping my dad load his film in an era before digital cameras.