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Gorillaz Could Be Writing a New Album

Gorillaz Could Be Writing a New Album

If the image they posted on their Facebook wall is any indication, the Gorillaz are likely working on a new album. Though the band has [...]

Coachella 2012 Lineup Announced

Coachella 2012 Lineup Announced

The lineup for Coachella 2012 has been announced, and will feature, among many others, reunited bands such as fIREHOSE, At The Drive-In, and Refused. The [...]

Verbicide’s Top 50 Albums of 2011

Verbicide’s Top 50 Albums of 2011

Our definitive list returns! Featuring chart-topping albums, some returning veterans, and a few surprise upstarts. Join us as we count down the best albums of the year.

BITCH MAGNET – Deluxe Reissues
reviewed by Josh Diamond

BITCH MAGNET – Deluxe Reissues

Bitch Magnet was a short-lived band of the late ’80s and early ’90s with roots in both Ohio and North Carolina.  Although their music didn’t [...]

Video: Primus Debuts “Tragedy’s A’ Comin’”

Video: Primus Debuts “Tragedy’s A’ Comin’”

ATO Records and Prawn Songs have released Primus‘s brand new video for ”Tragedy’s a’ Comin’,” the first clip from Green Naugahyde. The video, which premiered in a [...]

Kurt Cobain Pic Causes Courtney Love to Meltdown in Concert, Rant Against Dave Grohl

Kurt Cobain Pic Causes Courtney Love to Meltdown in Concert, Rant Against Dave Grohl

Courtney Love went on a rant during Hole’s November 17th performance at the SWU Festival in Brazil. After spotting a fan holding a photo of [...]

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL – Mergers & Acquisitions
reviewed by Matt Edmund

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL – Mergers & Acquisitions

Cooking up their own brand of alternative folk, Have Gun Will Travel have released their third album Mergers & Acquisitions. This collection of 12 folk-driven [...]

Show Review: Puscifer at the Paramount Theater, Seattle 11/7/11
words and photos by Heather Schofner

Show Review: Puscifer at the Paramount Theater, Seattle 11/7/11

Check out pics and a review of Puscifer’s performance in Seattle. Maynard James Keenan and Carina Round danced up a storm.

AGE RINGS – Black Honey
reviewed by Josh Diamond

AGE RINGS – Black Honey

The second release from Boston-based Age Rings comes just over five years after their debut, Look…The Dusk Is Growing.  The new album was originally lengthy [...]

Orlando Calling Music Fest to Take Place This Weekend

Orlando Calling Music Fest to Take Place This Weekend

Orlando Calling, a brand new music festival, launches this weekend. The fest will have an extremely diverse lineup including The Pixies, Drive-By Truckers, The Killers, [...]

Ani DiFranco to Release New Album in January

Ani DiFranco to Release New Album in January

Singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco has announced the upcoming release date of her first new album in more than three years. Which Side Are You On? will [...]

WILD FLAG – S/T
reviewed by Patrick Hosken

WILD FLAG – S/T

Music chatters tend to toss the term “supergroup” around frequently without much thought. Monsters of Folk, The Dead Weather, Broken Bells — all technically supergroups, [...]

Mike Patton – Twin Primes

Mike Patton – Twin Primes

Mike Patton‘s brand new album Music From The Film and Inspired by the Book The Solitude of Prime Numbers (La Solitudine Dei Numeri Primi) comes [...]

Interview: Mike Patton
words by Peter Terebesi

Interview: Mike Patton

Fresh off a tour in support of his 2010 orchestral release Mondo Cane, Mike Patton found himself Stateside with some time to promote his upcoming [...]

Video of Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder Slow-Dancing at 1992 VMAs Included in “Pearl Jam 20″ Film

Video of Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder Slow-Dancing at 1992 VMAs Included in “Pearl Jam 20″ Film

In September, Cameron Crowe appeared on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” to discuss the recently released film Pearl Jam Twenty. Crowe and Fallon revealed never-before-seen home [...]