There is a curse cast upon those bands unfortunate enough to outdo themselves before there is truly an established self to outdo. Strong debuts spawn high expectations straight out of the gate and ...

The young members of the trio Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (a.k.a. B.R.M.C.) haven’t even released their first album yet, but their epic, droning, psychedelic music has already been hailed by such ...

Over the course of several albums, the Jesus and Mary Chain gradually pruned the guitar din that characterized its 1985 debut, "Psychocandy." B.R.M.C. has a jump on the Chain: The San Francisco trio ...

It’s strange to think that it’s been fifteen years since San Francisco’s Black Rebel Motorcycle Club released its B.R.M.C. debut album. Back then, rock and roll was wallowing in a garage-rock revival ...

Do you have to be an idiot to venture out in the middle of a hurricane just to see a rock band? No, but it helps. It also helps to be a fatalist. Or a storm scoffer. Or perhaps just a devoted fan. The ...