Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. NEW YORK (Billboard) - "Super poppy." "Just plain fun." "Surprisingly optimistic." "Catchy as hell." These are not phrases often used to ...

Pearl Jam‘s “The Fixer,” the first single off the band’s upcoming ninth studio albumBackspacer, premiered on various radio stations across the country this morning. New York’s RXP 101.9 proclaimed ...

A thousand rock ‘n’ roll clichés have been built around the idea that guts and glory belong to the young. Pearl Jam’s ninth studio album, “Backspacer,” available now, makes the opposite argument. Its ...

One reason Pearl Jam’s ninth album is their best since 1994’s Vitalogy? It flies by. Without any of the plodding, moody ruminations and self-serious space fillers that have weighed down the band’s ...

Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder and guitarist Stone Gossard sat down to talk in-depth about new album "Backspacer." By Jonathan Cohen “Backspacer,” Pearl Jam Frontman Eddie Vedder The new album, ...

You’ve heard the rumors, and the rumors are true: Pearl Jam has finally released a “pop” album. Yet the phrase “pop” doesn’t mean what you think it does in the world of Pearl Jam. For certain purists, ...

Cambridge, Mass. – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that the entirety of Pearl Jam's new album Backspacer will be added to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 ...

Pearl Jam's latest album, Backspacer, will be made available for download on Rock Band the day it lands at Target, according to Billboard. Scheduled for September 20, the band's ninth offering will ...

In addition to “The Fixer” and the live rendition of “Got Some,” fans have also heard a demo version of new track “Speed of Sound” after successfully completing the Backspacer album art scavenger hunt ...

A thousand rock ‘n’ roll cliches have been built around the idea that guts and glory belong to the young. Pearl Jam’s ninth studio album, “Backspacer,” due out Tuesday, makes the opposite argument.

Pearl Jam were so traumatised by the effect of selling millions of copies of their grunge era debut, Ten, that they spent subsequent years making increasingly wilful albums. But distance is allowing ...