Brett Callwood

This week, we chatted with L.A.-based pop artist Troye Sivan about his Go West Fest party that he has curated as part of this year's LA Pride festivities, b...

"The Best Gig I Ever Saw" is a weekly column that will see us ask a musician to chat about their favorite concert thus far. This week it's Tamara Raye, of L...

Make no mistake, there is a war on women taking place right now. The anti-abortion bill in Alabama might be the snowball that causes an avalanche, as Mississippi, Ohio, Georgia, Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Utah and Iowa push to join the parade of misogyny and pseudo-science. It's a terrifying time to be alive....

He'll forever be considered the "new kid," but CJ Ramone played with New York punk icons the Ramones for seven years between '89 and '96, right up to the final show in Hollywood. He's also one of only three surviving Ramones — all of the four originals are sadly gone but CJ, Marky and Richie remain (some people count Clem Burke of Blondie, who filled in for two shows, but we don't) — and the only surviving member who isn't a drummer....

As was very recently documented in the Netflix movie The Dirt, Motley Crue and singer Vince Neil parted ways in February 1992, and former The Scream vocalist John Corabi was hired in his place. The one, self-titled, album that Corabi recorded with the band in '94 is a bone of contention among fans, but to these ears it's an underrated gem. In fact, Corabi has been performing the album in full on the Live 94 tour recently....

You have to hand it to Lou Barlow. As a founding member of both Sebadoh and Dinosaur Jr., not to mention The Folk Implosion, Barlow played a huge role in pioneering the lo-fi, fuzzy alt-rock style that was so big in the '90s and beyond....

In the wake of the Netflix movie The Dirt, there's a lot of interest in all things Mötley Crüe again. Whether that translates to some love for John Corabi, who fronted the band for one self-titled album in the mid '90s following Vince Neil's departure, remains to be seen....

London reggae-punks The Skints have just released their fourth album, Swimming Lessons, and they perform at the Echoplex this week, so we chatted with guitarist and vocalist John Waters Rudge....

"My Favorite Album" is a weekly column in which we ask a musician exactly what the title suggests — to name their favorite album of all time. This week it's singer/songwriter Meg Olsen, who plays Bar Lubitch this week....