Welcome to Defector Music Club, where a number of our writers get together to dish about an album. Today, Dave McKenna, Luis Paez-Pumar, David Roth, and Lauren Theisen explore Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 ...

My Son the Hurricane is a 14-person band from Niagara, Ontario that describes itself as a “brass funk beast.” They employ three trombone players, two saxophone players, three trumpets, multiple ...

Stacker identified 20 music legends from the '70s who still perform today. All acts included either performed in 2024 or have ...

The 2024 Rock Hall induction ceremony featured an arena full of fans and some of the biggest stars of stage, screen and music ...

VIVA PHX returned to downtown Phoenix with great sets from Freddie Gibbs, Cuco, Coco & Clair Clair and Playboy Manbaby. The ...

On this day in Hip Hop history, we celebrate the birth of one of Hip Hop and pop culture’s most recognizable icons, Snoop Doggy Dogg. Uncle Snoop was born Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr. in Long Beach, ...

A lovingly curated new compilation excavates 25 years of Ukrainian music that flourished in the shadows of Soviet officialdom. The aim: to celebrate an endangered culture in all its complexity. Now we ...

It was 1978, and nearly a decade into their recording career, Kool & the Gang - the once-dominant jazz and funk group whose ...

From Daft Punk to Joy Division to Warren Zevon, these are the 24 worst and most egregious snubs by the Rock and Roll Hall of ...

LA-based multi-instrumentalist Anna Butterss has emerged as a key figure in the West Coast experimental jazz ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, your one place to discover the biggest new song, album and DVD releases. Let's kick off with ...

The below list of the Top 50 Hard Rock Songs of the '70s, voted on by UCR staff, reads like the ultimate classic rock radio ...