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A Howell Township man already in trouble for running an illegal gambiling business in 2013, admitted in court to filing a false tax return.

A Howell Township man already in trouble for running an illegal gambiling business in 2013, admitted in court to filing a false tax return.

From the roots of garage rock in the 1960s to the White Stripes and the Hives in the 2000s, garage rock's enduring legacy continues to this day.

105.1 WKCE is Mid Century Radio for Knoxville and The Smokies. We broadcast on 105.1 FM and 1180 AM

Revisiting Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 1991 'Into the Great Wide Open' tour.

Revisiting Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 1991 'Into the Great Wide Open' tour.

[Photos via Spotify] “Detroit is the capital of Australia.” That phrase got thrown around a lot in ’80s American fanzines as our underground discovered Australian punk’s loud-and-aggressive charms. The basic sound: U.S. protopunk, especially of the MC5 variety, mixed with ’60s garage, played with thermonuclear energy through modern heavy metal amplification. There was also an especial appreciation for the New York Dolls’ rowdy glam. It was as stripped-down and unpretentious as roc...

Jimmy Rabbitt, a pioneering freeform radio DJ who helped expose outlaw country music to Southern California, died of natural causes on Nov. 25, according to Robbyn Hart, a longtime friend and colleague. He was 79. Rabbitt came to prominence during the late 1960s and early ’70s, a transformational period for rock radio. His popularity in the L.A. market may have been greatest during his end-of-the-’60s stint at Pasadena’s KRLA, but it was while DJing at KLAC and KBBQ in the early ’70s th...