The Occurrence

Rejoice, wallflowers everywhere! (No, no - sit down, Jakob Dylan. Not your "One Headlight" gang.) Your favorite novel about "Rocky Horror Picture Show" zines and the general, wonderful weirdness of being a teenager is now...

Let's get this out of the way right off the bat: Fun. are incredibly fun in concert. There's something a little morose and deliciously bratty about the trio's breakout album Some Nights (Fueled by...

Modern-day attention spans don't have the patience to wait four years for a once-hot band to release a followup album to their breakthrough. Case in point: Phoenix. These indie-dance upstarts from France conquered the...

Didn't see this one coming ... (Image courtesy Rolling Stone/Tyler Golden) It was announced this week that Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong will be joining Christina Aguilera's team as a mentor on NBC's "The Voice."...

Photo courtesy Maggie Vail As Kathleen Hanna and Kathi Wilcox prep their Julie Ruin record, the former Bikini Kill riot grrls have announced the launch of their own label to re-release BK nuggets and gems. ...

Photo courtesy Dangerbird When playing to a sea of hipsters wearing balloon animals on their heads, one can't help but laugh and muddle his words. Alex Brown Church can definitely be forgiven for repeatedly forgetting...

They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but these music acts have tried (pretty darn successfully) to make the second time a charm. We're taking album sequels, a concept mostly championed...

Photos by Sean Costello Remember that episode of "The Simpsons" when Springfield imposed a sundown curfew on minors and all the adults whooped it up with youthful reverie? The scene at Amplyfi in Los Angeles...