If anything, horror is about transgressing boundaries and norms. If you think about it, monsters are creatures that challenge biological, physical, social, and even moral rules. And truth be told, it is such an attitude of contravening rules that ultimately… Read More
There's not one but THREE albums coming out this Friday (10/30) that have music by Thou. There's Thou's collaborative album with Emma Ruth Rundle, and they've contributed covers to Magnetic Eye Records' Alice In Chains Dirt tribute and Black Sabbath… Read More
Back in June, two NYC councilmembers, Justin Brannan, who represents District 43 in Brooklyn and was in hardcore bands Indecision and Most Precious Blood before getting into politics, and Keith Powers, who represents District 4 in Manhattan, formed the "CBGB… Read More
Joey Molland, the sole surviving member of Badfinger's classic lineup that gave us No Dice and Straight Up, just released Be True to Yourself, his first album in nearly a decade and one that finds him returning to the classic… Read More
Nashville heavy rock duo Friendship Commanders recently released two new songs, both with very powerful messages, "Stonechild" and "Your Reign Is Over." The band describe both songs like this: “STONECHILD” was written about the circumstances of Stonechild Chiefstick’s death on… Read More
This Heat, the innovative trio of Charles Bullen, Charles Hayward, and Gareth Williams, were not short of humor. Naming themselves after a 1976 UK heatwave, they chose a former cold storage room as their studio rehearsal space. Their records harnessed… 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
Anti-Flag released the prophetic 20/20 Vision, one of the year's best punk records, back in January, before so many things that have come to define this year happened. Now, near the end of the year and right before the election,… Read More
Two Minutes to Late Night continue the month-long, Halloween-friendly edition of the quarantine covers series they've been doing all year with members of Protest The Hero and fictional, animated metal band Dethklok doing Oingo Boingo's "Dead Man's Party" in the… Read More
The acoustic punk song is a time-honored tradition that has seen a rise — due to necessity — during this year of isolation. This edition of In Defense of the Genre looks at 30 songs from throughout punk history with… Read More