10. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy [Blanco y Negro, 1985] Whilst not a “shoegaze” record by any strict definition of the term, Psychocandy is as important as any of them for ushering in what could be done with pop… Read More
In 1977, Randy Newman had the biggest hit song of his career, “Short People”, which somewhat incredibly made it to number two on the Billboard Hot 100. It attracted a fair amount of controversy by people who didn’t realize that… Read More
Coronavirus cases are spiking across the country, including in NY, where 2.93% of tests came back positive on Tuesday (11/10). Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state would be imposing new restrictions to help slow the spread, including earlier closures… Read More
Mr. Bungle have released a new video for "Sudden Death" off their new album The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo, the studio-recorded version of the songs from their 1986 demo (and a couple covers), with help from Scott… Read More
Ohio screamo band For Your Health's split with Shin Guard, Death of Spring, was one of the best screamo releases of 2019 (and their 2019 Nosebleeds EP was killer as well), so it's exciting to learn that they've just announced… Read More
At age 13, I encountered my first bootleg: a murky cassette of a Nirvana performance from 1988, seemingly recorded from a toilet stall in the building next door. Over the years, I’ve counted myself fortunate to have had this early… Read More
Dinosaur Jr. announced a new virtual show. They'll stream a set from The Pines Theater at Look Park in Northhampton, MA on Saturday, November 28 at 8 PM ET. Unlike their socially-distanced shows across New England this September in Connecticut… Read More
Pylon didn’t really want to be a rock band. When art-school classmates Michael Lachowski and Randy Bewley started banging on cheap instruments in their Athens, Georgia, apartment in the late 1970s, they were more into performance art than music. “We… Read More
The month-long Halloween-centric edition of Two Minutes to Late Night's quarantine covers series is over, and they're back to their regularly scheduled programming, with Marissa Nadler, Kurt Ballou (Converge), Stephen Brodsky (Mutoid Man, Cave In), Ian Miller (Kowloon Walled City,… Read More
If you’ve spent money on merchandise promoting your favorite sports team, logged hours discussing the summer blockbuster remake of a movie you and several other people on the same Internet message board liked when you were kids, or written a… Read More