Tim McGraw will headline the first-ever Delta Country Jam in Tunica, Miss. this fall. Details on the event are still filtering in, but right now we know it will be held October 4-5 of this year at the Abbay & Leatherman Plantation, which is next to many of the casinos the Mississippi town is known [...]

One of my favorite genres is one I made up and named “Big Dumb Rock.” As you may guess, this genre is played exclusively by “Big Dumb Rock Bands.” That may sound condescending, but is totally used as a term of endearment. This type of music straddles the border between alt-rock and power pop, features [...]

Well this year’s Carolina Rebellion certainly was eventful. Normally with our festival coverage, we cap things off with a wrap-up review, but with things taking a turn for the worse on Sunday a broad overview is a bit redundant. Yesterday, the festival organizers did step up to cover the rain snafu, offering partial refunds to [...]

As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis has been arrested for allegedly attempting to arrange for the murder of his estranged wife. A press release from the San Diego Country Sheriff’s Department was titled “Murder for Hire Plot Foiled,” and went on to say that Lambesis was arrested on Tuesday afternoon, May 7 “without incident” [...]

November 22 was on the schedule at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena to be the farewell concert for country legend George Jones. And though Jones’ April 26 passing prevents that farewell show, it will remain on the schedule at the aforementioned arena, now transformed into a tribute concert, likely featuring Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Kid Rock, Charlie [...]

Deerhunter just dropped its sixth studio album, Monomania, yesterday, and now they’ve announced a run of North American shows for this August and September. The new tour leg will compliment previously announce festival dates between now and August throughout Europe and the U.S. The newly announced dates will begin August 23 at the Crescent Ballroom [...]

This year is the first that the Austin City Limits Music Festival will be held over two weekends, and it looks like organizers wanted to make the most of the expanded edition with two performances each from headliners Depeche Mode, the Cure and Muse. Actually, all performers will be pulling double duty, as each weekend [...]

If you can’t wait until Friday’s release of Baz Luhrmann’s new film adaptation of “The Great Gatsby,” perhaps it would be a worthy experiment to listen to the soundtrack of the new film while reading the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic. While that would be an admittedly lame thing to do, you do have the option, [...]

When Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z revealed they would tour together as the Legends of Summer later this year, the bill became one of the most anticipated of the year. Unfortunately, the relatively short tour will leave many fans unable to see Timberlake perform his new hit record, The 20/20 Experience. But now, Timberlake has announced [...]

Sometimes you begin typing up an article with something completely unexpected. When the day started, we had lots of rain, but the promise of Soundgarden, Bush and Rise Against were enough to pull our sorry butts off the couch to brave the harsh elements. A strange thing happened along the way. The fans showed they [...]