Imagine if the Carpenters met the Human League, and they decided to combine f…

comic by Dave Mitchell

It is always sad when good ideas and musicianship, detailed arrangements, and…

Out of print due to sticky label legalities for nine years, this relatively c…

Imagine two trains approaching each other at high speeds. One is carrying a r…

This three track EP is made up of three versions of They Might Be Giants’ bri…

On the occasion of his first solo album, Iommi, Bryan Reesman sits down with the dark lord of metal himself to discuss unusual collaborations, his brief stint in Jethro Tull, and why Black Sabbath were the real inspiration behind Spinal Tap.

With his new greatest hits collection, Time Capsule, in stores, singer/songwriter Matthew Sweet has freed himself from contractual obligations and is label-less for the first time in over a decade. While many artists may panic at such a prospect, Sean Slone discovered Sweet is finding it one of the most exciting, liberating, and challenging times in his career.

The publicist that was trying to “sell” me on this album knew just the button…

Daneil Gill corresponds with Clark Rehberg of Michigan-based post-rock collective Kiln to discuss the band’s recording philosophies, heaenly bodies, and the 700-lb. gorilla of experimental rock, Radiohead’s Kid A.

Perhaps this should’ve been called Nuclear Blast, what with that label…

Just when you thought the phone booth had been fixed and there was nothing le…

When I first heard their first single, “Teenage Dirtbag,” I swore up and down…

Fleeing the angry lynch mob of cinema hating New Hamsterites, director Walt P…

Imagine a warm, enveloping horizon full of brilliant colors and dazzling imag…

Don’t let the Black Speedos, mullet, and pink lipstick(!) adorned by Tiga on …

In the wake of Ben Folds Five’s disheartening departure from existence, a few…

John Darnielle has been the Mountain Goats for almost ten years. His voice an…

As cool as this CD is, this band has got to be seen to be believed.

And the scuzz-metal scene claims another victim, this monthÃs entry into the filth fold…