Every music lover has at one time or another fantasized about being able to actually sing well, or play the guitar or the drums. Maybe that’s where you find yourself right now: you’ve idealized this perfect life in which you get to live the part of the lead guitarist in your favorite band — but like Bill and Ted, you have to learn to play, first. Twenty years ago, this would have been nearly impossible. Well not...

Recent news stories in the media have described in detail the situation between Adam Levine and Fox News on Dish Network regarding Levine’s protest against the news channel to prevent them from playing Maroon 5 songs on the network.  The dispute took place via Twitter with Levine initiating things with a foul worded tweet at Fox putting down the integrity of the network.  Two anchors responded with derogatory remarks as well, telling...

After eight years without an album, the 70′s new wave punk band Blondie has just released their latest EP, Panic of Girls. Always at the forefront of what the latest trends are in alternative music, Debbie Harry & Co. show us why they are still a powerful force in rock music with their latest. Having taking several hiatuses after their first round of chart-topping success back in the late 70′s and early 80′s, the band...

Disney seems to always be concocting new ways to make old classics modernly relevant and exciting. Now, for the newest Muppets rendition, Disney has put together an A+ tribute album titled Muppets: The Green Album. The ultimate Muppets tribute album was announced back in June on Pitchfork (a very fitting way to release a tribute album artist list that features mainly alternative and formerly indie bands), and now we are eagerly awaiting...

Lately Billy Corgan announced to Rolling Stone magazine, that the Smashing Pumpkins are reissuing all their old work. The only question that comes to mind is, “why?” The recordings were already great, especially on Siamese Dream. The whole thing seems like EMI is trying to create a resurgence in the once gigantic fan base. The Smashing Pumpkins set to release a new album, “Oceania” later in the year. The remixes...