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Screaming Females – Bell

Screaming Females – Bell

2009 will go down as the year that everyone started to take notice of Screaming Females in the wake of the release of their third [...]

No Bolos, Por Favor
words by Anna Reed | artwork by Nate Pollard

No Bolos, Por Favor

She had curled up and slept — a cat nap to let her energy settle into the bowl of her belly. What had splashed up [...]

Moonlit Sailor – Hope

Moonlit Sailor – Hope

This Swedish outfit laces cinematic, rise-and-ripple moments with unpredictable hooks and catchy melodies that effectively hold your hand through the peaks and valleys of emotional [...]

ARMS AND SLEEPERS – Matador
reviewed by Ryan Brosmer

ARMS AND SLEEPERS – Matador

Matador by Arms and Sleepers sounds kind of like the American equivalent to Sigur Ros. Their ambience isn’t as organic; they possess a much more [...]

Freeway – Know What I Mean

Freeway – Know What I Mean

Freeway sets out to stimulate the hip-hop industry by signing into law the Hip-Hop Recovery and Reinvestment Act with the release of The Stimulus Package. [...]

DEATH PRAYERS – The Demo
reviewed by Craig Gilbert

DEATH PRAYERS – The Demo

Six tracks of metal. No wanna-be “this-core” or “that-core.” Just metal. No song titles, just acid-larynxed, Mack truck grudge-fuck metal. Sludgy and not for pretty [...]

OWEN – New Leaves
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

OWEN – New Leaves

Mike Kinsella is a musical genius. There is simply no doubt about it. From American Football to Cap’n Jazz to Joan of Arc, Kinsella has [...]

Abstract Fantasy Classic: Dopey Bowl Goblin Commercial
by Nate Pollard

Abstract Fantasy Classic: Dopey Bowl Goblin Commercial

One thing is certain: products are the best way to do stuff. But did you know you can do more stuff with different products? Let Dopey show you why products are for you!

Abstract Fantasy Classic: Dopey Moneybags Commercial
by Nate Pollard

Abstract Fantasy Classic: Dopey Moneybags Commercial

You got all this fucking cash and now you don’t know what the fuck to do with it? Shit man, I know ALL about that shit. But wait, don’t burn that cash in the trashcan! Let Dopey tell you about banks. They’re like houses for your cash.

So You Say You Want to Be a Hipster: Top Five Hipster Essentials
words by Rachel Carter

So You Say You Want to Be a Hipster:  Top Five Hipster Essentials

I know what you’re thinking. You’ve been walking around your neighborhood for a while now, going: “Who are these cool kids hanging out on their [...]

Interview: C. Allbritton Taylor and Donovan Leitch
words by Heather Schofner | artwork by Jim Rugg

Interview: C. Allbritton Taylor and Donovan Leitch

One Model Nation, by C. Allbritton Taylor and Donovan Leitch, is an entirely different animal. The graphic novel is a work of historical fiction that follows a group of musicians living in one of the most intriguing hotbeds of musical innovation in the past century: late 1970s Germany.

THE MOST POWERFUL TELESCOPE IN THE UNIVERSE – The Moonlight’s Fair Tonight
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

THE MOST POWERFUL TELESCOPE IN THE UNIVERSE – The Moonlight’s Fair Tonight

The Moonlight’s Fair Tonight is just a beautiful record. The Most Powerful Telescope in the Universe blend the atmospheric feel of Death From Above with [...]

COCOCOMA – Things Are Not All Right
reviewed by Ryan Brosmer

COCOCOMA – Things Are Not All Right

I really kind of wish I could understand any of the vocals on this album. CoCoComa is good at what they’re trying to do: simple, [...]

Show Review: Big Business at the Nomad Gallery, Los Angeles 10/31/09
words and photo by Sean Lambert

Show Review: Big Business at the Nomad Gallery, Los Angeles 10/31/09

What could be better than attending a costume-compulsive affair bolstered by a ballsy band like Big Business? Halloween, a day that offers up way more [...]

Interview: Xian Hawkins of Bell Horses
words by Brandon Franz | photo by Rose Brooks

Interview: Xian Hawkins of Bell Horses

Unless you’re well-versed in Mother Goose, you’re probably like me and you’ve never heard the nursery rhyme of the bell horses. Long before people and [...]