When the word Viking is mentioned, the vast majority of us immediately conjure up images of Hagar the Horrible comic strips or a professional football team that consistently chokes in the playoffs. At...

Although John Doe once fronted one of America's most important, intelligent punk bands, you might know him better from his film career. His comical role as the father of child bride Winona Ryder in the...

This year the Walker Art Center marks the 10th anniversary of its "Women With Vision" film festival. This year's theme, "On the Move," highlights issues of migration and movement of people not just today,...

All those pining for the authentic rock bands of your youth, take heart. Audioslave is neither Soundgarden nor Rage Against the Machine, nor does it strive to be, but when former Soundgarden front man...

Almost every single piece of press devoted to t.A.T.u. heralds them as America's first mainstream dyke pop artists. Did I miss something here? Where exactly does that put lesbian music pioneers such as...

The Grammys have never been cool. Although it always seems to try its fuddy-duddy best, the Recording Academy has made more than its share of snubs and outright hilarious flubs. How can we forget when...

Of all the millions of subgenres of pop music that exist today, one of the most fascinating to follow is sexually-explicit music that is in no way, shape or form erotic to anybody save the creators themselves....