Kurt Cobain cited Pixies as a key inspiration, fretting he may even have ripped them off. The late-'80s indie band is still recording, still touring — and racking up billions of Spotify streams.

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"I had to accept that I would never know my father like I wanted — and also that, to some degree, he’d been there right in ...

Brian Wilson, who as leader of the Beach Boys and a founder of California rock invented a massively successful pop sound full ...

Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. And buy Drew’s book, The Night The Lights Went Out, while you’re at it. Today, we’re talking about ...

This is the second young person to die this year in a violent incident in which the victim’s identity has not yet been made ...

A former police chief and convicted killer known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” was captured by law enforcement 1.5 miles (2.4 ...

Veteran photojournalist Maggie St. Thomas's book, out today, Subject: Punk, is a visual time capsule of Southern California’s ...

Orion Gustafson, 14, drew two sketches of actor Dwayne Johnson and now the movie star is talking about hiring him for more ...