Greg Milner

“I never had a cool older brother or sister to turn me on toRead More

Anyone who's heard Chemical Brothers classics like "Block Rockin'Read More

This is the year things got personal. The Recording IndustryRead More

You may know Wyclef Jean as the leader of the Fugees, who combinedRead More

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On their second album, the Strokes don't fix what ain't broke.Read More

Last summer, Universal Music Group -- the largest of the five corporations that produce most of the music we hear -- made headlines by cutting the list price of its labels’ CDs by about 30 percent. Universal CDs now retail for between $10 and $13, which should pressure other labels to follow suit. Universal officials said the decision was in part an attempt to stem the tide of illegal downloading. But is slashing the price of an album enough to entice a typical downloader away from Kazaa? “There’s no question that a third to half of the decline in album sales is directly attributable to downloading,” says Russ Crupnick, vice president of the NPD Group, a marketing-information firm. “When we ask consumers why they’re buying less music, price is at the top of the list every single time.”Read More

All you really need to know about the way music affected a young Iggy Pop is that he had the same reaction to both Link Wray and John Coltrane: "What the fuck is this?" He's been inspiring the same response in rock fans for more than three decades, first with late-'60s/early-'70s punk legends the Stooges and later with his influential solo albums. During a break in the recording of his latest, Skull Ring, the indomitable Ig called from his Miami Beach home raring to talk records: "Can I just take a deep breath and start going?"Read More

Punk survivors keep up the fight.Read More

Run-D.M.C. Jacko. Counting Crows? These are a few of Chris Carrabba’s favorite thingsRead More