Here are the five Coachella 2013 moments people will be talking about next week, including Earl Sweatshirt, Phoenix and more.

Nick Cave has written novels, screenplays and some of the most enduring songs in rock and roll. He has a shaman-like demeanor on stage and can shriek like a howler monkey. But the Australian who fronted the Birthday Party before going solo for his lengthy career seems to fly under the radar in the rock pantheon.

After taking a day to nap and look back on last week, Reverb has compiled the best shows we saw at SXSW 2013, including Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Nick Cave and more.

As is always the case when South By Southwest swallows the friendly Texas city, access is the currency that rules Austin this week.

As the music portion of SXSW 2013 kicked off on Tuesday, featured speaker, Nick Cave told a over-capacity crowd about his roots as a musician, defined by a troubled childhood and his travels as a struggling artist.

The Coachella 2013 lineup has been announced and along with the main headliners like Blur, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Phoenix are two Colorado bands, the Lumineers and Pretty Lights.

Nick Cave recently announced the end of “Grinderman.” Here’s a look at Cave’s musical history from the Birthday Party to the Bad Seeds, and why we won’t miss Grinderman.

Spin and hyperbole are alive and well, especially in indie rock. As you’re reading about the latest Weezer record, you’ll see that…

10 Most Gut-Wrenching Songs of the Aughts: Weigh in

[photopress:badluck17.jpg,full,pp_image] Bad Luck City’s Dameon Merkl points to where he’ll see you after you die. Text and photos by contributor Doug Beam. Watching a Bad Luck City show can sometimes have the same effect on you as waking up in a strange bed. Having done just that the morning I was to photograph the band’s CD release show at 3 Kings Tavern on Feb. 29, I was unusually receptive to the dark messages underlying their music that night. There’s a definite otherworldliness and bad dream-like [...]