For all the fuss being made in the indie scene about bands like Pavement and The Jesus Lizard reuniting for another lucrative go-round, in the hardcore...
I am both fascinated and repulsed by death metal. Repulsed by the overuse of grotesque imagery both on the band's album covers and their songs, tracks...
"Supergroup" has become one of the hoariest of adjectives to toss upon any band. Sure, you may have heard of some of the bands that this...
There was a rather workmanlike quality to the recent performance in Seattle by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, but I don't mean that as a complaint....
What they haven't done to any appreciable effect is adapt their sound for the new millennium. Instead, the formula is the same: four-to-the-floor techno beats, angry...
The story behind The Slew is that famed Canadian turntablists Kid Koala and Dynomite D were asked to soundtrack a film with a mix of hip-hop...
For my money, the band that best exemplifies the best notion of a power trio is Future of the Left. Led by former Mclusky front man...
Although they broke up in 2001, the legacy of Buzzov*en was one that helped pave the way for both barn-burning acts like Queens Of The Stone...
Imperium Dekadenz have managed to hit upon an idea the blackest of black metal bands would likely scoff at: it's not such a bad thing to...
Epic instrumental rock is ground that has been, to be fair, well trodden by groups such as Explosions In The Sky, Godspeed! You Black Emperor and...
As one of the few women singers who can capture the proper evil growl needed for a death metal band, Arch Enemy's Angela Gossow may sound...
It made perfect sense for French prog-metal wizards Hypno5e to open their set playing off and along to the piercing tones of Bernard Herrmann's familiar shower...
It's unfortunate that this long-running Greek group can't seem to make up its mind whether it wants to be an artsy metal project or a straightforward...
Rockabilly is one of those genres that I'm surprised is still thriving at this late date, particularly when you consider the ways in which the genres...
Irony is a dangerous, dangerous thing in the world of music, putting any artist who dabbles in it at risk of mockery, complete dismissal or both....
