Music

The Slackers fight to keep ska free of pop nonsense.

You’ve Got Mail soundtrack takes a small step toward rehabilitating the memory of Harry Nilsson.

The lyrics reference everything from snack cakes to Shakespeare, but Bellacore is serious about breaking out of Cleveland.

His memory jogged by reissues of the Kinks’ mid-1970s albums, Dave Davies looks back at the most peculiar of the British Invasion acts.

For a fleeting moment, Elvis Presley recaptured his raw power and keen instincts. The director of The ’68 Comeback Special takes a fond look back.

Akron’s Spawn scours its dark places to make poignant “groovecore.”

Nashville may be far from beaches and Mexico, but Los Straitjackets prove that it’s a smallworld for Latin-centric surf music.

With Otis Rush and Buddy Guy, Eddy Clearwater was one of Chicago’s young blues sluggers in the ’60s. So why is an Indian headdress his lucky charm?