With a career spanning decades singer and songwriter Elton John’s lasting impact on music is undeniable. From the early days of his career in the 1970s up to now, he’s remained one of the biggest, most iconic performers in music, from his piano-laden hits to his work in beloved Broadway musicals to…

How did the turtle get its shell? It sounds like the start of a fable, but it’s something scientists have wondered for years, and new fossil research is providing some clues. Relatively few fossils of early turtles have been found, leaving it a mystery how the creature developed its unique features, and even which ancestors […]

Research from the University of Toulouse, France, suggests that men who are abusive towards their partners have more children, meaning it may be a trait that has evolved because it benefits men.

Fort Worth, Texas band The Unlikely Candidates was born out of circumstance and as frontman Kyle Morris puts it, a bit of delusion. It started when Morris and guitarist Cole Male gave an impromptu performance of Boxcar Racer’s “I Feel So” at a high school party in 2008. Something clicked and they…

Jamie Duggan is a pioneer in the UK’s bassline DJ scene. His prolific career was launched at just 17 when he established a residency at Sheffield’s legendary Niche nightclub and he blew up the dancefloor there until the venue closed in 2005. Since then, Duggan has carried his bassline sound across a…

“We always hope it’s emotional and surprising and challenging,” Ryan Lott of Son Lux explains of his band’s live show. “I think there should be something for your body and for your mind and something for whatever’s between, that’s intangible.” Lott’s comprehensive live vision will be put to the test…

It’s one thing to critique evolution on religious grounds, but it’s a horse of a different color when Darwin’s baby’s challenged from within. Troves of data, and brave souls with and without tenure, are undermining the long-standing model of random mutations and survival of the fittest. For ages another theory’s been under assault by nutcases, […]

Skating Polly might be a young band, but their musical roots and rock-n-roll historic knowledge run deep. Influences from the Beatles to L.A. punk legends X to the femme fatal groundbreaking artist Liz Phair to the wall of sound that was Nirvana can all be heard in their music. A family affair…

With the release of He Saw It Coming, Jack Russell’s Great White have reintroduced themselves to the music world. The hooky, guitar-driven charm of Great White is evident on this album but there’s an edge to the sound too. Jack Russell’s Great White consists of Jack Russell on vocals, Tony Montana…

Prolific and inspiring, Matisyahu is an artist in constant evolution. While the Grammy-nominated vocalist has transformed his music regularly, he’s always tended to his roots. His once orthodox lifestyle heavily influenced his emergence more than a decade ago, when fans regaled in his Hasidic-rock…