A man arrested in the hit-and-run death of a police officer was found strangled in his cell, and investigators focused Tuesday on guards at the suburban Maryland jail, which has a history of security lapses. ...more

July 2, 2008

To the uninitiated, the four-day Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival held on a 700-acre farm southeast of Nashville, Tenn., looks like just another Woodstock wannabe. But the event attracts fans as much for the music as the spectacle. ...more

June 18, 2008

Pearl Jam fans at tonight's concert will get more than a chance to rock out to the band that helped make grunge music a national phenomenon in the 1990s. They will be able to register to vote as well. ...more

June 12, 2008

BOREDOMS: SUPER ROOTS, VOL. 9 (THRILL JOCKEY) ** To call the Boredoms extreme would be to damn them with faint praise. The Japanese outfit took noise terrorism to new heights of hilarity on its first few albums, while later efforts have seen them on a major percussion jag. ...more

June 5, 2008

SAUL WILLIAMS: THE INEVITABLE RISE AND LIBERATION OF NIGGY TARDUST (niggytardust.com) ***½ ...more

February 7, 2008