Antonio Bryant, $9.88 million, franchise-tagged receiver, is acting like one happy Bucs camper, though I guess this isn't camp and he still says a strange thing or two for someone who just received a $9.23 million raise. ...more

April 2, 2009

Jason Isbell's solo debut, 2007's "Sirens of the Ditch," showed plenty of promise but seemed tentative, as if Isbell were still getting his bearings after leaving Drive-By Truckers that same year. ...more

March 13, 2009

Wish you'd volunteered to cheer for Bruce Springsteen at the Super Bowl on Sunday night? This might be some consolation: I couldn't tell he was singing "Born to Run" until the woman next to me started screaming the lyrics. ...more

February 2, 2009

Halftime show review ...more

February 1, 2009

Starkly ambitious and powerful, 2006's "Return to Cookie Mountain" was TV on the Radio's take-no-prisoners leap into the major leagues. It's doubtful the Brooklynites could match its bleak grandeur this soon after, and "Dear Science" doesn't try. ...more

October 17, 2008

I got an e-mail announcing the reissue of two albums by Volcano Suns, the band formed by Peter Prescott following the breakup of Mission of Burma. ...more

October 10, 2008

maybe one you've never seen. Oxford, Miss., quintet Colour Revolt had all its gear ripped off while on tour last year, a sadly common occurrence for bands. ...more

June 5, 2008

It's midafternoon and High on Fire's Matt Pike is nursing a hangover. "I had way too many shots last night," Pike says by telephone from a tour stop in Little Rock, Ark. "It really hit me over the head." ...more

January 31, 2008