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Al Murray will be presenting a radio show on Planet Rock

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Al Murray, 45, is best known for his boozy comic creation The Pub Landlord. He is on tour and about to start presenting his own radio show on Planet Rock.

 

Interview: Creeptones

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

On their debut album The Creep Is Born, New Jersey quartet Creeptones conjure up a fuzzed-out sound that's got Smashing Pumpkins-size bombast and Queens of the Stone Age-esque swagger to spare.

 

Midwest is best: Rock on the Range 2013

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

This last weekend, no less than 48 bands piledrove their way into a 3-day music festival in Columbus, Oh.

 

Music's 3Rs 05.20.13: Tempted By The Dumb of Another

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Music's 3Rs 05.20.13: Tempted By The Dumb of Another Posted by Sean Comer on 05.20.2013 From Kanye West debuting new songs on SNL and Bill Wyman being done with the Rolling Stones to Smashing Pumpkins covering "Space Oddity," Beyonce's pregnancy rumors and more, 411's Sean Comer breaks down the Right, the wRong and the Ridiculous from the week in ... (more)

 

Concert review | Rock on the Range: Bands from '90s vary in stage success

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Lajon Witherspoon, lead vocalist of Sevendust, gets the Rock on the Range crowd pumped up on the final day.

 

Korn, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden headlining Rock On The Range

Friday, May 17, 2013

A recently-reinforced Korn is in Columbus, Ohio today to help kick off this year's Rock on the Range festival.

 

Sidebar podcast: Columbus needs a new slogan

Friday, May 17, 2013

In this episode of Sidebar, The Columbus Dispatch 's podcast on Columbus-focused events, movies, music, dining and more... Dispatch staffers Susannah Elliott, Kevin Joy and Ally Manning discuss Smashing Pumpkins, smashing tomatoes, Lou Seal's gender and the city's identity crisis.

 

Smashing Pumpkins at Bayou Music Center, 5/15/2013

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Sure, the title of this post hints otherwise, but I assure you -- the Smashing Pumpkins broke up in Chicago, on December 2, 2000.

 

Rock on the Range headliners refuse to be confined to '90s groove

Thursday, May 16, 2013

The headliners of this year's Rock on the Range festival share a common thread: All hit their peaks in the 1990s and have since morphed, mourned or paused before carrying on.

 

10 Stellar David Bowie Covers

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

On May 12th, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield posted the first music video recorded in space , appropriately covering the David Bowie classic "Space Oddity" aboard the International Space Station.