Eric R. Danton

In the first installment of our interview with Steven Drozd of the Flaming Lips, the multi-instrumentalist spoke at length about the band's 2013 Super Bowl commercial, explaining that it was a "painless experience" destined to endear him to his in-laws. Toward the end, he hinted that the song in the Hyundai spot, 'Sun Blows Up Today,' sounds little like the material on the band's forthco

After writing Frightened Rabbit’s first three albums largely by himself, bandleader Scott Hutchison was keen for his bandmates to play a much larger role in making the band’s latest, ‘Pedestrian Verse.’

Although Beyoncé is the big-name performer at this year’s Super Bowl, the Flaming Lips will be part of the action, too, thanks to the band’s appearance in a commercial for Hyundai. The Oklahoma City rockers wrote a classic-sounding new song, ‘Sun Blows Up Today,’ for the spot, which includes footage of the band performing in unusual places, and their confetti-spewing tour bus. “It was a really pai

Four years is the longest time Biffy Clyro have taken between albums, but then ‘Opposites’ is the Scottish band’s most ambitious project yet, and such things don’t happen overnight. The trio’s latest is a 20-song double album, split between moody songs reflecting on things that are out of our hands and more uplifting tunes looking toward the future. “Life is kind of full of ups and downs, there’s

Like many touring musicians, Diamond Rings mastermind John O’Reagan has mixed feelings about life on the road.

Graham Parker isn’t ready to quit his day job as a rock ’n’ roller, but he’s pleased as can be about appearing in Judd Apatow’s new movie ‘This Is 40.’ Even better, Parker is featured with the Rumour, his ’70s band, which reunited after a 30-year break to back Parker on last year’s ‘Three Chords Good.’

Rock ’n’ roll can never die, Neil Young says, but that doesn’t mean Jeff the Brotherhood want eternal life. In what may be one of the most level-headed assessments a rocker has ever made of his own career, singer and guitarist Jake Orrall says he can see a day when he and his brother, drummer Jamin, will decide they’ve had enough.

While it’s true that . . . And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead is a band, singer Conrad Keely envisions the group as an outlet for more than music. He’s also a visual artist, and a special edition of the band’s new album, ‘Lost Songs,’ includes two chapters from a fantasy novel he’s writing.

You’ve seen them at parties, lurking in the corner, waiting to engage in battle disguised as conversation. They’re indie rock know-it-alls, and no matter what band or musician you mention, they’ve got an opinion — strong and almost certainly negative — ready to ram down your throat. With our new feature Instant...

It's an understatement to say things are going well for Gotye. The Belgium-born Australian's song 'Somebody That I Used to Know' has become a worldwide smash, thanks to a stylized, standout video that has garnered more than 320 million views on YouTube — not counting various remixes, tributes and parodies. He played Coachella. He's attended the MTV Video Music Awards. He's been nominated for award