“A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead,” says Maurice Bendrix in Graham Greene’s novel, The End of the Affair (1951). It feels… Read More
Grateful Dead's Bob Weir took part in the October's Head Count-benefitting Democracy Comes Alive livestream, and he's also onboard for its followup. Georgia Comes Alive streams on Saturday, December 26 at 3 PM ET, and benefits Head Count's work to… Read More
In the waning days of the Grinch-y year of 2020, we’re all hunkering down and barely holding up. Holiday rituals that once brought comfort and joy have become inadvisable, if not unthinkable. The trite Christmas music blaring from stores as… Read More
So many artists, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we'd call "indie," and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and more all day. In… Read More
Vinyl is in. And for fellow enthusiasts of the physical experience, that’s great news, because artists and record labels are seriously hustling to meet the many requests (fan demanded, if you will) for 12″ pressings of singles, albums and compilations… Read More
The Tate-LaBianca murders, commonly called the Charles Manson murders, have inspired countless films, some direct and some indirectly based on those events of August 1969. Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019) proved the continuing cinematic viability of those… Read More
Sam Jayne of Love as Laughter has not been heard from since Monday, December 7. Clem's bar in WIlliamsburg, where Sam sometimes bartends, wrote on Instagram: "He has been out of phone and email contact since Monday. This could be… Read More
Head to Notable Releases to read about the new Black Wing (Have A Nice Life) album and the new Deftones remix album, and head to Invisible Oranges to catch up on the new Heretical Sect, Cardinal Wyrm, and more. Head… Read More
December 6, 2015: Fonzi Thornton is standing onstage at the Kennedy Center. The Queen of Soul holds court at the piano. It’s the ultimate manifestation of a lifelong dream. As a teenager, Thornton sang Aretha Franklin songs while strolling through… Read More
Kansas City post-hardcore outfit The Casket Lottery jumped back onto the scene this year, after a short hiatus, with their latest album, Short Songs For End Times (Wiretap/Big Scary Monsters/ Second Nature). The long-awaited release calls on their sonic roots,… Read More