Rest in peace, Ric Ocasek, the gawkiest new wave icon, the most repressed control freak, the strangest and most deadpan singer-songwriter to have crafted pop jewels. With the Cars, Ocasek wrote ...

This scrupulous account from music journalist Aaron (If You Like the Ramones) pays tribute to the Cars’ late front man, who died in 2019. The author briefly recounts Ocasek’s early years in Baltimore, ...

Twenty-five years ago, a not-insignificant segment of music fans learned about the greatness of the Cars via Weezer’s self-titled debut, widely known as “The Blue Album.” Back then, one of the major ...