The inaugural Bukhara Biennial will mark a pivotal moment in the country’s emergence as a contemporary art hub.

Paul McDermott looks back to that headline-grabbing incident near the Arcadia in the 1980s, and other connections with ...

Sounds Good is a monthly roundtable where we ask Straight staff what their ears are plugged into. We’ve got a pretty diverse set of tastes, so there’s absolutely no cohesion here: just good vibes. And ...

When Elastica’s second album The Menace was released in April 2000 few people – least of all the band – really seemed to care ...

Not sad tears – the kind of joyful mist that forms when you suddenly remember something wonderful from your childhood that ...

Sporting platform boots, red patent leather, and lipstick, David Johansen was a flashy pioneer of proto-punk. As frontman for the New York Dolls—a short-lived, off-the-walls, gender-bending band of ...

While rock and roll may seem to be fading in the UK, our list of the top 20 greatest bands of all time proves that the genre ...

Central European designers and architects who fled fascism brought modernist ideals to Britain, reshaping its urban fabric.

Once again, The Undertaker finds himself in a position to be in the main event for WrestleMania 29, taking a back seat to The ...

Mark Steel was the right age for punk, but his subsequent musical aspirations gave way to the desire to make people laugh.

The Italian singer with a powerful voice brings her second solo album, 'Onde,' to the French stage.

As Canadians retreat from nightlife, the nation’s capital has appointed a night mayor to revitalize its after-hours economy ...