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Abstract Fantasy Classic: Muppets Get Real
by Nate Pollard

Abstract Fantasy Classic: Muppets Get Real

COALESCE – Give Them Rope
reviewed by Thomas Pizzola

COALESCE – Give Them Rope

This special double-CD/vinyl reissue features two versions of Coalesce‘s Give Them Rope. Disc one contains the original 1997 release (with a slight remastering job), while disc [...]

Video: Doomtree “Bolt Cutter”

Video: Doomtree “Bolt Cutter”

Minneapolis-based rap crew Doomtree is heading out on a winter tour of more than 30 dates to support their newest release, No Kings. Click here [...]

HOLDING ONTO SOUND – The Tempest
reviewed by Craig Williams

HOLDING ONTO SOUND – The Tempest

Holding Onto Sound delivers a new seven-inch with as much power and energy as their live gigs. Vocalist Bennett Mains kicks the album off with [...]

The Front: Diversity pt. 1
by Nate Pollard

The Front: Diversity pt. 1

CORDUROI – Anything For Now
reviewed by Dan Chapman

CORDUROI – Anything For Now

Based out of Austin, Texas, electro-pop artist Corduroi has created an understated debut that runs like one giant song. It dazzles when need be (“Crustacean”), but [...]

BANNER PILOT – Heart Beats Pacific
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

BANNER PILOT – Heart Beats Pacific

I don’t know if there’s a secret pact going on with punk acts where they all decide to sound so similar to one other. Banner [...]

Fugazi Live Series Digital Archive is Online

Fugazi Live Series Digital Archive is Online

The Fugazi Live Series is an archive of the band’s concerts played between 1987 and 2003.

The Importance of Meticulous Editing

The Importance of Meticulous Editing

Given that I spend most of my life proofing and editing, I can’t resist posting this one. Though if I did something like this on [...]

RIP Napster 1999 – 2011

RIP Napster 1999 – 2011

After 12 years of existence, Napster is being shut down by Rhapsody.

Interview: Brokaw
words by Thomas Pizzola | photos by Mat Hayward

Interview: Brokaw

Meet Brokaw, forerunners of the hard rock resurgence in Seattle.

Photo Gallery: Melt Banana and 400 Blows at the Bunkhouse, Las Vegas 11/25/11
photos by Shahab Zargari

Photo Gallery: Melt Banana and 400 Blows at the Bunkhouse, Las Vegas 11/25/11

Check out Shahab Zargari’s great photos from the 400 Blows/Melt Banana show in Las Vegas on Friday.

Kid Sister – Mickey

Kid Sister – Mickey

The MC born Melisa Young not only spent 2011 tearing down shows all over North America, but managed to bring that boundless on-stage energy to [...]