Bad Wolves. Courtesy of Eleven Seven. For Bad Wolves founder and drummer John Boecklin, each new record presents a fresh set of challenges. While the L.A. hard rockers came up with a massive hit single, toured extensively and even appeared on late-night TV, the process didn’t become any easier…

The surviving members of The Cranberries faced a moral dilemma in the months following the unexpected death of frontwoman Dolores O’Riordan in January 2018. The band had already written and demoed the 11 songs that ultimately became In The End. Knowing that the album’s skeleton had energized O’Riordan, guitarist Noel Hogan,…

L to R: Jóhann Jóhannsson, Roy Clark, Dolores O’Riordan, Scott Hutchison, Aretha Franklin, Dave Holland, Mark E. Smith and Mac Miller. All corners of the Western music world lost someone in 2018. Punk lost Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks; metal lost Vinnie Paul of Pantera, Jill Janus of Huntress,…