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THE PLANET SMASHERS – Descent Into The Valley Of The Planet Smashers
reviewed by Matt Edmund

THE PLANET SMASHERS – Descent Into The Valley Of The Planet Smashers

It has been six years since Canada’s own The Planet Smashers released their last album, Unstoppable. With their newest effort, Descent into the Valley of [...]

Garbage Announce First New Album in Seven Years

Garbage Announce First New Album in Seven Years

Garbage has announced that their fifth studio album, Not Your Kind Of People, will be released in the United States on May 15, 2012, on the [...]

THE SPEED CHRONICLES ed. by Joseph Mattson
reviewed by Chris Aitkens

THE SPEED CHRONICLES ed. by Joseph Mattson

Akashic Books, 300 pages, trade paperback, $15.95 It’s scary how transformative drugs can be. Don’t believe me? Sit down and read at least one story [...]

Watch: “God Bless America” Trailer

Watch: “God Bless America” Trailer

Every now and then, something comes along that makes me wonder, Why didn’t I think of that? The premise of this movie is one of [...]

Watch: Nada Surf “When I Was Young”

Watch: Nada Surf “When I Was Young”

On January 24th, Nada Surf released their latest critically-acclaimed album The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy. They have just unveiled the music video for “When I Was Young,” [...]

Listen: Deerhoof “No One Asked Bazan to Dance” Featuring David Bazan

Listen: Deerhoof “No One Asked Bazan to Dance” Featuring David Bazan

Deerhoof is releasing a series of collaborative seven-inch records featuring guest vocalists singing self-composed lyrics and vocal melodies over a Deerhoof instrumental. Their latest is [...]

Abstract Fantasy Classic: Changing the Game
by Nate Pollard

Abstract Fantasy Classic: Changing the Game

X – The Unheard Music: Silver Anniversary Edition
reviewed by Craig Gilbert

X – The Unheard Music: Silver Anniversary Edition

Angel City Media 84 min., dir. by WT Morgan, with John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, and DJ Bonebreak After coming to the conclusion that [...]

POP. 1280 – The Horror
reviewed by Thomas Pizzola

POP. 1280 – The Horror

There is something rotten going on in New York City, and luckily for us, noise rockers Pop. 1280 are there to chronicle the bad times. [...]

Report: Lights Out! Snowpocalypse Radio!
words by Heather Schofner

Report: Lights Out! Snowpocalypse Radio!

The Pacific Northwest was hit by a huge snowstorm last week that dumped more than 14 inches of snow on my place of residence, Olympia, [...]

MAN ON A LEDGE
reviewed by Matthew Schuchman

MAN ON A LEDGE

Summit Entertainment 102 min., dir. by Asger Leth, with Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, and Ed Harris Last year, I wrote a fairly scathing review of [...]

LOW ROAR – S/T
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

LOW ROAR – S/T

Former Audrye Sessions frontman Ryan Karazija’s solo debut album is one that could easily be described in glittering generalities: “beautiful,” “stunning,” and “marvelous” are all [...]

A Photo of a Young Jon Stewart in the Pit at a Dead Kennedys Show

A Photo of a Young Jon Stewart in the Pit at a Dead Kennedys Show

Can’t help but share this one with our readers. Via Stereogum (in turn, via Gawker) comes this photo of a young Jon Stewart moshing at [...]

ROBIN BACIOR – Rest Our Wings
reviewed by Vanessa Bennett

ROBIN BACIOR – Rest Our Wings

Rest Our Wings, the latest LP from the northern California singer-songwriter Robin Bacior, opens with beautiful piano chords and whimsical harmonies. Unlike many of her [...]

The Front: Cyber
by Nate Pollard

The Front: Cyber