The ’90s were a good time for Natalie Imbruglia. Her cover of “Torn” was a huge hit back then, and she racked up awards and modeling contracts. These days, Imbruglia is a mother and she’s worked through a five-year writer’s block to come out with a new album Firebird.…

The Struts have finished their third LP, Strange Days. They’re established and not going away. So, the way I see it, rock fans have a decision to make. Strange Days The Struts Interscope, Oct. 16 6/10 The choices seem to be: 1) Embrace them. Freddie Mercury died nearly 30…

Marking the inexorable shift into a post-1990s phase of rock heroism, New York City’s The Strokes may be the most recent guitar band that was able to have its cake and eat it, too. Artistically singular, wildly popular and championed by the press, it came to epitomize the hipster…

Rachel Goodman’s favorite alt-rock and alt-pop songs of the year for 2019 include The Dandy Warhols, The Knocks, Nilüfer Yanya, Strand of Oaks, Sharon Van Etten, Better Oblivion Community Center, Kirin J. Callinan, Mikal Cronin, The New Pornographers, Jenny Lewis and Cigarettes After Sex. Rounding up my favorite songs…

SAN FRANCISCO — It’s been a busy 12 months for Albert Hammond Jr, who began last March by releasing his fourth LP, Francis Trouble, and ended February with a Wednesday Noise Pop Music Festival concert at the Independent. Backed by a crisp four-member band, the Strokes guitarist felt loose…