
Michel Houellebecq: the prophet of decadence returns to music
The award-winning and controversial author of ‘The Elementary Particles’ surprises fans with a new album due for release on Friday, as well as a series of concerts in France

The award-winning and controversial author of ‘The Elementary Particles’ surprises fans with a new album due for release on Friday, as well as a series of concerts in France

The Australian is the punk feminist the music industry needed. Music icons admire her, and the band members readily embrace the singer’s leading role: ‘We’re a vessel for her message’

The band led by Joan Jett was one of rock’s most disruptive — made up of girls in a tremendously masculinized world, it had a short, brilliant, shadowy career

The former frontman for Creedence Clearwater Revival, which broke up in 1972 after five years of dazzling success, has put the turbulent history of the legendary band behind him. A symbol of a historic moment in American rock, he has just released a new album

In music critic Ian Windwood’s latest book, ‘Bodies: Life and Death in Music,’ he analyzes a problem that, until not too long ago, was perceived as a romantic legend: drugs and rock ‘n’ roll

It was the century’s most memorable transatlantic transaction: the British glam star was tasked with channeling the performer languishing in American rock. Fifty years later, the album that resulted from that collaboration continues to mystify and captivate

It saw the birth of punk, new wave, hip hop, funk and electronic music, as well as the rise of legends like David Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Neil Young, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elton John and Tom Petty