A film 12 years in the making, capturing a Detroit music story that took root more than four decades ago, got its long-awaited hometown premiere Thursday night. The screening of “God Said Give ‘Em ...

On Nov. 1, New York dance-music promoters Verboten put on a party in a warehouse space in Brooklyn. Even with a ridiculous $40 cover charge (welcome to Nü-Brooklyn, a.k.a. Manhattan minus bottle ...

Manchester Metropolitan University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. In the wake of the demolition of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, something strange and wonderful happened.

*This Simon Reynolds essay is great. I feel I must annotate the whole thing. Oh wait wait wait – I have to appropriate it in toto – that's it. "While on the face of it the album seems to traverse a ...

In the world of English rock guitar gods, all roads lead back to the Yardbirds. In 1963, the young combo began playing clubs around London, and immediately earned a reputation, both for its devotion ...

This week we're unfurling the dancefloor's 100 most essential tracks, with 20 jams per day. The term “dance music” may conjure visions of heaving clubs, packed festival tents and partying with abandon ...

Ah, the 80s, it put Miami on the map with Miami Vice. It was the decade known for largess and wealth. Tom Wolfe dubbed it the "splurge generation" -- it was at least until the Savings & Loan crisis ...

What happens on the ground matters — Your support makes it possible. We’re aiming to raise $6,000 by August 10, so we can deepen our reporting on the critical stories unfolding right now: grassroots ...