Tim Armstrong of the band Rancid was born today in 1965, making him 60. Armstrong grew up in the East Bay region near San Francisco, and he befriended Matt Freeman when the two were five years old.

Hear new songs from Mack OC, Laura Hugo, em.rhea, Colin Bracewell, Shady Cove, Artist of the Month runo plum and more.

The Supremes had a big hit; The Undertones split up; The Simpsons released The Yellow Album; super producer Terry Lewis was ...

A concept album is a record that tells a full story with its songs, and there have been some standouts released just this year. But the concept album isn’t a new thing. Woody Guthrie’s 1940 album, ...

In addition to Johnson’s work as a musician, he was also a proponent of preserving local music history as a co-founder of the ...

This week on Teenage Kicks, we celebrate The Suburbs, who will be hosting a pair of gigs they’ve called the “Turf Takeover” next Friday, Nov. 28, and Saturday, Nov. 29, at the Turf Club in St. Paul.

This week’s episode of Transmission features power pop sounds by Material Issue, Cheap Trick, The Rubinoos, Blondie, and much ...

The Replacements have released a new music video for the song “I Will Dare,” which originally appeared on the band’s landmark third album, Let It Be. Filmed at the CC Club in Minneapolis, the video ...

Billy Idol had a hit with a cover; The Stone Roses released a song after five years; Ray Charles had four hits at the same ...