Rock Music News
Watch Metz: NPR Front Row
April 3, 2013 – Watch the noise-rock trio tear it up at the 2013 South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas.
Watch Mark Lanegan: A Secret Rock Star Still Shines Darkly
April 2, 2013 – Still best known as the singer for grunge-era group Screaming Trees, Mark Lanegan has stayed busy.
Watch Remembering Paul Williams, Founder Of Rock Magazine 'Crawdaddy!'
March 30, 2013 – Paul Williams started the first American rock magazine as a college student in 1966.
Watch Depeche Mode: A Dark And Steady 'Machine' KCRW
March 25, 2013 – After 30 years together, Depeche Mode will release its 13th album, the seductive Delta Machine. KCRW
Read Lessons From SXSW 2013: Take The Middle Road
March 19, 2013 – Big names and Next Big Things dominate SXSW, but acts between those poles interest Ann Powers more.
Watch Stevie Nicks: 'When We Walk Into The Room, We Have To Float In Like Goddesses'
March 17, 2013 – The Fleetwood Mac singer tells Ann Powers her lessons from a life at the peak of the music industry.
Read The Ale That Men Brew: Iron Maiden Serves Up A Beer
March 13, 2013 – Three decades after giving the world The Number of the Beast, Iron Maiden is set to release a beer.
Read Why I'm Not Going To SXSW This Year
March 5, 2013 – In the showdown between fledgling bands and industry excess, one SXSW fan reaches a breaking point.
Watch How One Band Turned A Ghost Town Into A Giant Recording Studio
March 4, 2013 – The Danish band Efterklang literally went to the ends of the earth to make its album Piramida.
Watch David Bowie, Rock's Shape Shifter, Returns
March 1, 2013 – After 10 years away, Bowie's new album, The Next Day, proves he's a perfect pop star for any era.
Watch How A Studio Changes Your Sound
February 28, 2013 – One recording studio in Brooklyn made a big difference on the sounds of two recent albums.
Listen Women Of Grunge Reclaim Rock History In 'These Streets'
February 26, 2013 – A new play celebrates the unsung stories of women in the Seattle music scene.
Read A Brief History Of The Grammy Sales Bump
February 15, 2013 – The Grammy Award for Album of the Year promises a huge increase in sales, but results may vary.
Listen Mumford & Sons Take Home Album Of The Year Grammy
February 11, 2013 – No single act dominated, but rock bands — including The Black Keys and fun. — fared well.
Watch Reg Presley, The Voice Of 'Wild Thing,' Dies
February 5, 2013 – The lead singer of The Troggs, who had a string of hits in the 1960s, was 71.
