Ron Asheton Found Dead
Casey McKinney01.07.09
Ok so I was trying to find a good video clip of Ron Asheton, guitarist of The Stooges, who was found dead today, Tuesday, January 6th. He…
Varg Vikernes on Twitter
Casey McKinney12.05.08
Hey folks, in case you were wondering where Varg Vikernes is, you know at any given moment? in a Twitter kind of way? Well now you can! You can…
Only Connect: Some Modern Folk
Timothy Cushing09.12.08
There’s a folkload of new folk springing forth again in America, a renaissance you might say; as it happened in 60’s with Guthrie and Dylan and Baez and so on, so it is again, if however tweaked. Timothy Cushing looks at a sample of these new musicians that he, a musician himself, particularly connects with: the Avett Brothers, Ian Thomas and Langhorne Slim. Art By Danny Jock.
Christian Don’t
Michael Louie06.12.08
I know I swore I wouldn’t be fooled again after getting shammed at that Sham 69 show like six months back, but I did, and I felt even more dumb…
A Supposed Return of Disco pt. 1: New York’s House of Slightly Less Jealous Lovers
Nick Sylvester05.29.08
Is disco back in New York? Or did it ever leave? Nick Sylvester covers the flashing floor from Blondie and Sylvester to Holy Ghost, the Rapture and LCD Soundsystem trying to find the answer. Cover art by Danny Jock.
Hallelujah and Hail Satan
Mark Asch04.25.08
It’s not unusual for a rock musician—like Robert Johnson playing the blues—to have sympathy for the Devil. Mark Asch takes us to the crossroads, where Black Sabbath, The Mountain Goats’s John Darnielle, and the Man of Wealth and Taste himself commune.
Tom Fischer is Dead (but still giving interviews)
Adam Ganderson04.07.08
Though he may blog now at a site called fischerisdead, Hellhammer founding member Tom (Warrior) Fischer, one of the originators of the black metal sound, is still very alive and talking. Adam Ganderson catches up with Fischer on the cusp of the launch of a book about Fischer’s short lived, legendary band.
Forget the Hits: Here is Animal Collective
Ross Simonini01.31.08
Ross Simonini will walk a mile (or drive all the way to Utah) for an Animal Collective show. Why? Not to sing along to the hits, because the AC homies don’t play those. But they do give their all nonetheless, and always something new, on the petri dish canvass some call a stage.
Supergroup in Reverse: The Afterlife of cLOUDDEAD
Ben Bush11.13.07
Ben Bush tracks the big bangish explosion of what was once a taut singularity, the eclectic hip hop supergroup cLOUDDEAD, and the future of its former mates Yoni Wolf, David Madson, and Adam Drucker. Bush argues that the music that has followed in the aftermath is a heap more complex and interesting than the original structure.
Ignition, Orbit & Landfall: A Liars Synopsis
Brian Howe10.18.07
Brian Howe writes the LP narrative thus far of one of Brooklyn’s defining bands, Liars, a group defined by their undefinable music. Liars (now spread between L.A. and Berlin) are starting to make some sense. With a driving, almost pop-oriented new album that’s more coherent than anything they’ve done prior, Liars have once again fooled us all. What’s in that name anyway, Liars? Has it ever sounded so sweet?
