Chicago’s Windy City Smokeout: Country music, beer, and BBQ

LANco at Windy City Smokeout
What's better than a country music festival on a warm, summer day? After checking out Chicago's Windy City Smokeout, I'd have to say it's a country music festival that's also packed with craft beer and some of America's best BBQ pitmasters.

Stone Temple Pilots Release ‘Core’ Reissue Featuring Unreleased Demos, Live Recordings

Stone Temple Pilots are released a limited edition bundle of the CORE: SUPER DELUXE EDITON which includes a bonus replica 7-inch vinyl single of...

Gregg Allman Posthumous Album ‘Southern Blood’ To Be Released For September 8

Rounder Records has announced the release date for Gregg Allman’s final studio album. SOUTHERN BLOOD arrives everywhere on Friday, September 8th. SOUTHERN BLOOD will...

Watch Patti Smith join U2 onstage in Paris

On Tuesday night in Paris, punk goddess Patti Smith joined U2 onstage for a performance of "Mothers of the Disappeared." Trading lead vocals with...

Photo Gallery: Korn with Stone Sour at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage

All photos taken by Mini's Memories. You can contact her at minismemories@hotmail.com

An iPod with over two days of music, from 1972

Imagine if someone tried to create an iPod type device for the home in 1972 using mechanical technology...this is what it would look like....

Dan Zanes and Friends’ ‘Lead Belly, Baby!’ Features Chuck D., Billy Bragg, And More

Dan Zanes discovered Lead Belly's music on the day he got his first library card. On 'Lead Belly, Baby!' (out 8/25 on Smithsonian Folkways),...

Yusuf / Cat Stevens Returns With ‘The Laughing Apple’ Out September 15

Yusuf / Cat Stevens, one of the most influential singer-songwriters of all time, will release his highly anticipated new album, The Laughing Apple, on September 15. The...

Åke Blomqvist Teaches You How To Disco

Åke Blomqvist (1925-2013) was a Finnish dance instructor, and together with his wife Leena, he ran dance schools in Helsinki, Tampere and Lahti. Åke...

Tegan And Sara Announce “The Con” Cover Album For Charity

This week was the ten-year anniversary of the release of Tegan and Sara’s acclaimed album The Con. To mark the date, the dynamic duo...

Rush’s “Tom Sawyer” Featured In Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’ Movie Trailer

Steven Spielberg showed the first trailer for his next film, Ready Player One, at Comic Con in San Diego this weekend. What was even...

Siri Can Sing Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

I wonder now if I give Siri a few lines I made up, can she can finish the song for me? https://youtu.be/vJcElZf5voY

This West Hollywood’s 10,000 Square-Foot House Is For Sale And Comes With The Smiths’ Reference

From the street, the Oberfield residence in West Hollywood now for sale contains the crisp, white cement panels that clad the residence’s exterior rise a...

Kids In The Hall Show Why Doors Fans Aren’t Made, They’e Born

"Greatest hits albums are for housewives and little girls! You're not serious, you don't want to be a Doors fan." An oldie, but a goodie... https://youtu.be/5xillqqt0Y0

Can An Eyeglass Commercial Make You Cry

You bet. Way to go, Pearle Vision. I'm a mess. https://youtu.be/C4PbTeOIHe4

‘Give a Home’: Massive global concert series with Ed Sheeran, The National, KT Tunstall, And More

Ed Sheeran, Gregory Porter, Hot Chip, Jessie Ware, Kate Tempest, The Naked and Famous, The National, Oh Wonder, POLIÇA and Zero 7 will be...