Music

Readers may recall that underground legend S. Clay Wilson suffered a severe brain injury back in November. Although he's making progress towards a recovery, he needs much therapy -- expensive therapy. Tomorrow, Sunday, a...

We've devoted many items to the eventual Spider-Man musical, and we expect to devote more to it, because the damned thing doesn't open for months and months. However, there's one thing we haven't linked...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju1jXe_SPE0&hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=344] A video of Peter Bagge's new band, Can You Imagine?, from the Fantagraphics store party.

December 10th was the centennial of the birth of Olivier Messiaen, one of the 20th century's greatest composers, and one of our favorites. Last night, we got to see a performance of his Turangalîla-Symphonie...

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2484414&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Painter/cartoonist Dave Cooper and animator Nick Cross have created an animated video for Danko Jones for the song King Of Magazines. The act is on Bad Taste Records.

News that this or that "famous person" reads comics isn't exactly a headline-maker (unless you're running for president, of course). With all the success of comics-based media in the last few years, it's more...

Can you sing? Can you dance? Can you sing and dance at the same time while flying through the air and fighting Doc Ock? Director Julie Taymor is looking for you as the...

Amidst celebrations, some sadness, as Yma Sumac has died. The Peruvian songstress had a near five-octave vocal range and remains an icon of the "exotic music movement."

LCD Soundsystem remix via Sean Collins: Every great book by Jack Kirby.All the underground hits.All of the Boody Rogers strips.I heard you have a hardcover of every Tintin album on Belgian import.I heard that you...

We know it is wrong to steal pictures from Facebook, but this photo from Tim Leong's photo gallery from the event sheds much light on our previous karaoke woes. It also elicited this...

Adult Swim and Ubisoft are spotlighting the emerging African hip hop scene for some reason, but you can find out why by downloading a free MP3 album called African Swim. The release ties in...

He may have worked with Count Basie and Frank Sinatra, but jazz composer Neal Hefti will likely be best remembered for a piece of music: The Batman Theme. Hefti passed away last week at...