The Occurrence

U2 invaded our iTunes, everything came up butts and Taylor Swift became the first musician since ... herself to sell more than 1 million copies of an album in its debut week. Underneath the publicity...

It's hard out there for a Pomplamoose. The NorCal indie dance duo might rack up millions of YouTube views thanks to nifty covers of Beyonce and Pharrell Williams, but they haven't much dough to show...

  Sweeping, mountainous instruments aloft the golden contralto of Nadine Shah populate the British songstress's new single, "Stealing Cars." The triumphant song, which marries a Johnette Napolitano voice with the dramatic flair of My Brightest Diamond, previews...

  Think of bicoastal indie rock outfit Hideout as the Intergalactic Postal Service. Like Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello before them, Gabe Rodriguez and Cory Stier pieced together their debut album in separate states. But unlike...

Something old, something new. The soundwaves are always undulating back and forth like so. Same goes for tech innovations within the music world. Here we explore two novel approaches to every artist's goal of getting...

From the legendary Hip-Hop group Jurassic 5 comes Marc 7 with the music video for his new single, "I Who Have Nothing.” The song can be found on his latest solo project, Food, Clothing and Shelter,...

  Always avant-garde and a little cheeky, San Francisco’s Deerhoof have made their most accessible record yet. La Isla Bonita (Polyvinyl) files down their quirks without rendering them dull. The spastic drums of Greg Saunier and...

What was once an antiquated sport of the nebbish and the meticulous has now become a widespread phenomenon. No, not chess. We’re talking record collecting. Gradually, the disappearing species of music stores evolved (or revolved)...