“A miracle only ever grows wild,” Jeff Tweedy half-mumbles on “Random Name Generator,” one of 11 tracks from Wilco’s new album “Star Wars.” Miracle or not, “Star Wars,” available as a...

Rod Stewart will perform at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater on Thursday, July 16. The show’s official billing as “Rod Stewart: The Hits” gives reasonable assurance that one will leave the Amphitheater...

The Banditos’ self-titled debut is a rowdy, rollicking good time, a totally uninhibited collision of Appalachian twang, rock ‘n’ roll swagger, blues throb, punk snarl and youthful inertia. And they’re...

Last week on Pearl Street in downtown Boulder, Colorado, I stumbled onto something beautiful. Four scruffy guys stood playing folk music on the sidewalk, crowded around a beat-up old suitcase with a hand-written...

“Beat the Champ” is ostensibly an album about professional wrestling. But in crafting 45 minutes worth of songs about the spandex-clad world of big biceps and bigger egos, bandleader and lyricist John...

Courtney Barnett’s trademark stream-of-consciousness delivery is less the smiling UPS representative ringing the doorbell and conveying a package directly into your hands, more the disgruntled teenager...

Texas blues has always run a little contrary in tone to its counterparts in the southeast. The line is by no means a hard and fast one, but generally speaking, the old Mississippi howlers have cultivated...

Father John Misty is back with vim and vigor.Misty, who goes by Josh Tillman when he’s not on stage, released his first record as Father John Misty, “Fear Fun,” back in 2012. Before that, he was...

As it turns out, The Dude also reclines.Jeff Bridges’ new album, “Sleeping Tapes,” was designed with the sole intention of soothing you to sleep while raising money and awareness for No Kid Hungry,...

“We win, we lose. Only 
together do we break the rules.”From the moment they groped and clawed their way to the top of the Pacific Northwest’s riot grrrl scene in the mid-1990s, those words –...

Yeah, yeah. Their name may sound like the title of a long-lost Dr. Seuss book, but don’t write off King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard just yet. On “I’m in Your Mind Fuzz,” this seven-piece Australian...

Gram Parsons died 41 years ago Friday. As Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards once said, although we have no idea of what Parsons would be doing were he still alive, he made enough beautiful music...

Twin Peaks are inviting some lofty comparisons for their second album. The band’s name is a reference to the television series and movie created by disturbingly iconoclastic director David Lynch; the...

Jenny Lewis and Tom Petty, both fixtures of the super-hyphenated alt-country, alt-rock, country-rock scene that constitutes contemporary Americana, both release new albums today and both sets of new music...

Robert Witt and Paul Finebaum agree: Not all assets are a dab of ink on the balance sheet. One of them carries a whistle and wears a big straw hat to practice each day. “Nick Saban is the best financial...

When Douglas Fair, a junior at The University of Alabama, first considered the University, he said it was scholarship offers that caught his eye. Fair, originally from Knoxville, Tenn., eventually decided...

Though student organizers of the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door 2013 march never formally submitted a permit request for grounds use, the University of Alabama administration used recent summer revisions...

The University of Alabama’s fall 2013 entering freshman class of 6,478 students includes 126 National Merit Scholars, according to a University press release. According to the University’s annual...

This summer, many incoming freshmen’s first steps into The University of Alabama community took place more than 65 miles from campus. In addition to the University’s regular schedule of Bama Bound...

“People, Hell & Angels” is 50-odd minutes of previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix. What more can or should I say? “Back at the saloon my tears mix and mildew with my drink / I can’t really tell...

  By Jordan Cissell Staff Reporter ^ If there is one thing Evan Smith knows about rebuilding a restaurant from scratch, it’s that the process is not an easy one. “I’ll tell you what I’ve...

First generation college students at The University of Alabama may not know it, but they have friends in high places. All the way at the top, in fact. University President Guy Bailey, who completed his...

By Jordan Cissell Staff Reporter Though most college students spend the first few weeks back at school collecting textbooks, supplies and class syllabi, many students add timecards and tips to that...

The Druid City Garden Project is almost hidden, tucked away behind University Place Elementary School on the corner of an overgrown athletic field. Only a sunflower-laden banner, hung from a crooked fence...

Former Crimson Tide star Mark Ingram may be a BCS National Championship winner, Heisman Trophy recipient and NFL running back, but so far, one coveted title has managed to elude his grasp; Chris Rogers...

Art history professor Robert Mellown is set to retire at the end of the spring semester after decades of teaching at the University. The 2011-2012 academic year marks his fortieth in the department of...

Santa has his elves, Sherlock Holmes has Dr. Watson and, as it turns out, even Big Bird sometimes needs a little help from his friends. Jamie Naidoo, a professor for UA's School of Library and Information...

An object fell from the sky and struck Amelia Warriner’s laptop keyboard with a sudden “thwack.” “Speak of the devil,” the sophomore nursing major said. The devil in question, a dark, tan-furred...

Benjamin Franklin once said two aspects of life were inescapable: death and taxes. But according to a recent study by Lookout, a mobile security firm, he left one inevitability off the list: losing your...

Stephen Katsinas, director of the Education Policy Center and professor of higher education administration, visited Washington, D.C. in early March to discuss the importance of rural community colleges...

Talk of Mayan end-of-the world predictions and doomsday dates is enough to drive one to drink. At least, that’s what the manufacturers of relaxation beverage Drank are counting on. Innovative Beverage...

The Professional Staff Assembly and Women’s Resource Center are asking all students and faculty to donate old cellphones, batteries and accessories throughout March to benefit victims of domestic violence....

When Matt Hennigan settles down in Fresh Foods for breakfast each morning, the remainder of his day looks a lot like the rest of his fellow patrons: class, homework and maybe some study-time in the library....

At the beginning of the spring semester, many students experienced delay and confusion concerning the delivery of textbooks and other return-to-school packages. According to Ferguson Center post office...

Christian Smith, current Student Government Association treasurer, plans to make the office of vice president for Financial Affairs more efficient and effective through an emphasis on developing continuity...

Andy Koonce plans to increase the Student Government Association budget, as well as make the funds more readily available to a larger number of student organizations. The current chairman of the SGA Senate...

Recent constitutional adjustments to the position of Student Government Association executive vice president have rendered the job a governing liaison between the organization’s offices, and Alex Clark,...

The mighty warrior pulls up atop his majestic steed, preparing to do battle on the grassy slopes of the river’s bank. Helmet gleaming in the afternoon sun, he steps down from his mount and draws a menacing...

As of Wednesday night, the Bama Memes Facebook page had more than 2,000 “likes.” However, by the time this sentence hits your retina, this tally will surely be an underestimation of the true number...

Prisoners are no longer trapped within its confines, but after more than 150 years of service, the old Tuscaloosa County Jail still manages to capture the attention of many 6th Street passersby. Tuscaloosa...

Most everyone who walked through the Ferguson Center last Thursday or Friday noticed the fountain squirting water with more than a passing resemblance to pink Kool-Aid. Get used to the flavor, because...

It’s the cinematic and literary plotline passed down through the ages: average guy meets beautiful girl and attempts to overcome the seemingly insurmountable obstacles standing between him and his goal...

Down the hall from a legendary bronze statue, in an athletic facility that boasts more champions than any other program in college football, works a flesh-and-bone figurehead of University sports. Athletic...

It may be tucked away at the base of a hill behind the Ferguson Center, keeping ten Hoor Hall company along the outer fringe of campus, but Marr’s Spring was central to the original planning and construction...

Sometimes it takes little more than a smiling face behind the cafeteria counter to brighten somebody’s day. Three decades amount to a lot of days to brighten. One face has repeatedly proven it’s up...

Everybody knows the best way to stop a vampire in his tracks is a wooden stake through the heart. A silver bullet is the solution for your werewolf trouble. And zombies? Nerf darts are the way to go. ...

“Have you seen it up close?” asked Rachel Dobson, communications specialist and visual resources curator for the College of Arts and Sciences, as she moved towards her Clark Hall office window, focusing...

They’re perched on the grassy knoll on the corner of Hackberry and University. Three of the 10-foot-tall grey figures stand erect, vigilantly observing the street before them. Another lies among the...

Zen Buddhist priest and poet Norman Fischer is taking a step beyond simply enlisting the monk and the rabbi for a walk into the proverbial bar. Instead he is bringing interfaith dialogue and understanding...

Students may be waiting to get one more shot at the pecan pie before starting on the spring break beach-bod chiseling, but the Student Recreation Center is already getting in shape to handle the increased...