This had to happen eventually. Ryan Adams has been doing a whole lot of acoustic metal covers lately, and Danzig's crossover roar "Mother" seems to be just about every indie rock type's favorite…   Read Story »

Ryan Adams has been playing solo-acoustic shows lately on tour, and his new live-in-studio iTunes Session EP sticks with that format. The EP mixes recent Ashes & Fire tracks like "Lucky Now" and…   Read Story »

Among musicians who don't actually make metal, Ryan Adams is one of the biggest metal fans; he's right up there with John Darnielle. And he's never been shy to cover old triumphant metal tunes in his…   Read Story »

On the latest episode of The Donaghy Files, a 30 Rock spinoff of animated webisodes, Alec Baldwin's character finds himself tasked with throwing together a Super Bowl halftime show but unable to pay…   Read Story »

First came "Lucky Now," and now Ryan Adams has released the second video from Ashes & Fire, his excellent return-to-form 2011 album. In the "Chains Of Love" video, Adams sings the song on a city…   Read Story »

Ryan Adams has often been photographed wearing Ratt T-shirts, and as it turns out, he wasn't just being cute with it. On a recent visit to NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, Adams broke out a gorgeous…   Read Story »

So many covers today! Here's another one: Ryan Adams, playing live at Boston's Orpheum this weekend, doing a lovely solo-piano cover of Galaxie 500's classic "Blue Thunder," a sort of holy text for…   Read Story »

On last night's episode of the Late Show With David Letterman, Ryan Adams came through to perform the exact same lovely solo-acoustic version of "Lucky Now" that he's already done on a few other…   Read Story »

If Hüsker Dü or Sugar were before your time, do yourself a favor and dig up their old catalogs. Both venerable bands were fronted by Bob Mould, and an all-star assortment of music luminaries…   Read Story »

Now that Ashes & Fire, his excellently understated new album, is out in the world, Ryan Adams can get back to the business of being a rich weirdo. His latest venture is a parodic black metal-themed…   Read Story »