Scott Shetler Scott Shetler is a Chicago-based freelance writer whose words can be found on PopCrush, Diffuser and other music, pop culture and travel websites. He has interviewed a wide range of ...

Explore the journey of My Morning Jacket, a band that fuses rock, psychedelia, and country, and recently released their album ...

From the moment the Arctic Monkeys released 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' in 2006, they've been one one of the most buzzed-about bands on the planet. Last year's 'AM' finally ...

Another staple of early-'70s sitcoms was the episodes filmed on location. In this case, at King's Island Amusement Park in Cincinnati where the Partridge Family were playing a gig. During the ...

If King Crimson’s use of mellotron gave birth to electronic sounds, these Krauts perfected it and pushed the use of keyboards and synthesizers out into the light. Arguably the most influential ...

Formed as a pop-punk band in the late '80s, Green Day got their start as a part of the San Francisco Bay area's DIY punk scene, but they quickly outgrew it. Soon, they were touring nationally and ...

Because grunge arose from a relatively condensed geographic area: the city of Seattle, and the surrounding area in the Pacific Northwest, many of the musicians involved were actually longtime ...

"I never fought with Liam at all. Liam was fighting with himself. Right now, he is picking a fight with himself somewhere. I don't suffer fools in any sense at all, but I suffered him more than ...

No offense, but some people are way too easily offended – especially when it comes to music. While it's true musicians (the relatively famous ones, at least) can make an indelible mark on ...

Would you spend $15,000 for a record player that could play your records in a 100 percent analog fashion without ever wearing them down? That's what the Japanese company ELP promises. They sell ...

As a young man, White was accepted into a Wisconsin seminary and almost pursued the life of a priest, but changed his mind at the last minute when he realized he couldn't bring his guitar amp along.

If Jack White is on it, you can absolutely judge an album by its cover. His face (clearly visible in the artwork for all but two of the dozen records he's credited for) is like a notarized stamp ...