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ANCESTORS – Invisible White
reviewed by Thomas Pizzola

ANCESTORS – Invisible White

Ancestors are one of the more experimental outfits to fall under the doom tag. While they do indulge in heavy down-turned riffs, they have also [...]

KYLE ANDREWS – Robot Learn Love
reviewed by Evan Pearson

KYLE ANDREWS – Robot Learn Love

In the current age of electronic music culture, there seem to be two schools of thought. One of those schools is the school of thoughtful [...]

Fixed That For Ya! – Green Day Is the Greatest Punk Rock Band of All Time?

Fixed That For Ya! – Green Day Is the Greatest Punk Rock Band of All Time?

I’m guessing second place went to Avril Lavigne. Hey, Rolling Stone.  Fixed that for ya! (via RollingStone.com)

Sidewalk Empire: Reasonable Conversation, Part IV
by Eddie Ahn

Sidewalk Empire: Reasonable Conversation, Part IV

Turtles like to drink coffee in San Francisco. Eddie Ahn’s website is ehacomics.com.

WEEKEND NACHOS – Worthless
reviewed by Thomas Pizzola

WEEKEND NACHOS – Worthless

This is some really good gritty, dirty hardcore that takes detours into grindcore and sludge-punk (which makes sense because a lot of the early stoner [...]

Photo Gallery: LA Rising, Los Angeles 7/30/11
photos by Suzi Pratt

Photo Gallery: LA Rising, Los Angeles 7/30/11

Suzi Pratt covered LA Rising for Verbicide and nabbed some epic shots of Rage Against the Machine, Rise Against, Muse, Lauryn Hill, and more!

Photo Gallery: Thurston Moore and Kurt Vile at the Troubadour, Los Angeles 7/28/11
photos by Chad Elder

Photo Gallery: Thurston Moore and Kurt Vile at the Troubadour, Los Angeles 7/28/11

Beautiful photos of Thurston Moore and Kurt Vile in LA.

GO FISH: HOW TO WIN CONTEMPT AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE by Mr. Fish
reviewed by Simon A. Thalmann

GO FISH: HOW TO WIN CONTEMPT AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE by Mr. Fish

Akashic Books, 224 pages, trade paperback, $18.95 You might expect that the debut collection of cartoons from a left-leaning political satirist would excoriate the Tea Party [...]

Abstract Fantasy: Meth
by Nate Pollard

Abstract Fantasy: Meth

Casey Anthony Mask: Mischief Night Comes Early

Casey Anthony Mask: Mischief Night Comes Early

Well, this is terrifying. A latex mask fashioned to resemble the-ho-who-killed-her-todder-and-got-away-with-it Casey Anthony appeared on eBay this weekend, with a starting price of $24,000. Since [...]

THE RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS – Smash/Grab
reviewed by Evan Pearson

THE RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS – Smash/Grab

Punk veterans The Riverboat Gamblers new EP is a frantic four-song refresher course on how to go nuts with precision and style. It’s been three [...]

FLEET FOXES – Helplessness Blues
reviewed by Dan Chapman

FLEET FOXES – Helplessness Blues

Few bands barely cross the line of “cool” more successfully than the old-souled Fleet Foxes. It’s risky business what they do, but what consists of [...]