The Melvins unveil the latest twist in their 29-year history with “Melvins Lite,” an additional incarnation of the band that finds founders Buzz Osborne and [...]

It pains me that I have to do this, but… The Compact Disc (also known as a CD): An optical disc used to store digital [...]

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.

Amongst the commercialized Lollapalooza and the inflated Coachella, we need smaller, secluded festivals to keep us all grounded. Fun Fun Fun Fest gives Austin a more intimate, personalized, and risk-taking lineup in counterpart of Austin City Limits, featuring some of pop culture’s most surreal un-conventionalists like Yankovic, Gwar, and Suicidal Tendencies.

The Melvins have roots in the Olympia area — the band formed in the early ’80s in Montesano, Washington, a small town near the coast that’s less than hour away from Oly. At the all ages show at the Capitol Theater on a Wednesday night, fans ranging in age from 15 to 92 came to watch Buzz’s giant gray afro thrash under the lights — and they were not disappointed.

Little Brother, the Durham, North Carolina group formed in part by Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh, released their debut album The Listening on ABB Records [...]

For 30 years, fans have flocked to their shows to sing along to these anthems of deep intellect, and the scene was no different on March 18th as Bad Religion celebrated their 30th anniversary to a sold out crowd at The House of Blues in Anaheim, California.

Call them “indie,” call them “emo,” call them “post-hardcore,” “alternative,” or “punk” — however you choose to label them, Jawbox endured as one of the [...]

Originally published in Verbicide issue #23 How many bands can you think of that have been together for 15 consecutive years with no lineup changes? [...]

Inane lyrics over passionless strumming guitar, percussion that is so simplistic it may as well be canned but is impossibly emanating from an actual band [...]

Originally published in Verbicide issue #19 I recently had the opportunity to speak over the phone with Kevin Munroe, director for the new CGI Teenage [...]

Originally published in Verbicide issue #18 Some say the lyrical wordplay that defined East Coast hip-hop is no longer in demand. Witness the ascension of [...]

Originally published in Verbicide issue #15 I don’t care if you’re Joe Schmoe or a record label owner and former bass player for one of [...]