Born on the outskirts of Motown and raised in the shadow of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Joe has been writing about rock music since interviewing Shudder to Think's Craig Wedren for his high school newspaper -- back when bands like Shudder to Think were recording for major labels. He's written for the Cleveland Free Times, Alternative Press, the Village Voice, SuicideGirls and a variety of other online publications and blogs, some of which have not existed in years. He started with Townsquare in 2011 writing for Loudwire and Ultimate Classic Rock, and has been with Diffuser.fm since it launched in spring 2012.
The Record Store Day exclusives just keep on coming. This Saturday (April 20) saw the release of a new Best Coast 7-inch single titled 'Fear of My Own Identity,' and the warm and fuzzy little nugget of tambourine- (and booty-) shaking goodness will sound mighty fine spinning around your turntable with a needle riding its grooves. But if you don't have a record player -- or you're just still deciding whether you actually want to pick it up on vinyl -- you can opt for the less glamorous option of listening via a YouTube stream. Check it out below.
Yes, indeed, that is Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore singing backing vocals on 'Crush With Eyeliner,' a single off R.E.M.'s 1994 album 'Monster.' R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe once said that the song was insp
When Alanis Morrisette broke through into the music scene in 1995 with 'You Oughta Know,' the lead track from her diamond-certified album 'Jagged Little Pill,' few people knew that Flea and his then-bandmate from Red Hot Chili Peppers Da
Canadian indie rockers Sloan sit in with Weezer on the latter's 'I Woke Up In Love,' a bonus track on Japanese editions of Weezer's 2009 album 'Ratitude.' Sloan provided uncredited backing instrume
Elvis Costello was recruited by Squeeze to provide backing vocals on the British New Wave rockers' tune 'Tempted,' the second single off their 1981 album 'East Side Story.' Costello's participation wasn't widely known about at the time, but his role a producer on the disc was. Squeeze keyboardist Paul Carrack handled lead vocals on 'Tempted,' but in the second verse, guitarist/songwriter Glenn Tilbrook and Costello step in to trade a few lines. 'Tempted' has since become ubiquitous in pop culture, appearing in countless commercials, video games and more.
In many ways, noise-rockers Sonic Youth and post-hardcore heroes Fugazi have lived parallel lives, and those lives crossed on the 1993 SY track 'Nic Fit,' off the band's 'Dirty' album. Recruiting Fugazi frontman Ian Mackaye for 'Nic
Christina Ricci may best be known for her impressive acting resume, but the girl can also sing. If you have your doubts, check out her guest vocals on 'Hell Yes,' a tune from Beck's 2005 album 'Guero.' In fact, Ricci gets to do a little acting on 'Hell Yes,' as she sings
If the voice contributing backing vocals to '6th Avenue Heartache,' the first single from Wallflowers' 1996 album 'Bringing Down the Horse,' sounds familiar, there's a good reason: It belongs to none other than Adam Duritz from Counting Crows. Duritz w
Bassist Krist Novoselic rejoined his former Nirvana bandmate Dave Grohl in the studio to lay down backing vocals on 'Walking a Line,' a bonus track featured on the Foo Fighters' Grammy-winning 2002 album 'One By One.' Krist isn't exac
Sessions for Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds' recent 'Push the Sky Away' album, their first in five years, were so fruitful that the band offered an outtake, 'Animal X,' as a Record Store Day exclusive 7-inch single. Reportedly named after an Australian nature documentary series from the ’90s, the tune maintains the basic tenets of the classic Seeds sound, yet the group alters the formula with warped symphonic instrumentation backing Cave's spoken-word meanderings. The resulting tune kind of comes off like a shortened, sped-up and stereophonic version of the Velvet Underground's classic poetry jam, 'The Gift.' Check it out below.
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