Mikael Wood

Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek had several goals in mind while making her self-titled solo debut, but ending up with a record unlike any of Nickel Creek’s wasn’t ...

One night last month Jeff Castelaz, president of Los Angeles–based Dangerbird Records, met Johnny Marr of the Smiths at a Spaceland show. The Smiths’ self-title...

Greg Kurstin is the first Californian I’ve met who has gotten a ticket for texting while behind the wheel. Dude doesn’t even try to deny that he’s guilty, he ex...

Nick Cave is on the phone from a recording studio in England, where he and his frequent collaborator Warren Ellis — a member of both the Bad Seeds and Cave’s ne...

"I need a room to rock in,” sings Matthew Sweet on his excellent new album, Sunshine Lies. As a matter of fact, he has one: a lovingly cluttered recording studi...