Blonde Redhead’s Kazu Makino was born in Japan, a country still mending from last year’s tragic tsunami and earthquake. Her heart still in her homeland, [...]

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.

Illinois-based Polyvinyl Records is turning 15 years old. They plan to commemorate their anniversary with nine Polyvinyl bands playing an all-day/all-night show two blocks from [...]

Zola Jesus unveiled a new track “Seekir” off the forthcoming album Conatus out October 4 on Sacred Bones Records. Zola Jesus will also tour North America [...]

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 [...]

One of the beautiful things about NXNE is that one can stick with big-name acts, or get adventurous and go find the lesser-known artists.

After a four-year hiatus, experimentalist duo Hella (featuring drummer Zach Hill and guitarist Spencer Seim) has returned. Stripped back down to the original two-piece lineup, [...]

Kill Rock Stars‘ Marnie Stern has announced a brief Midwest tour in July, which will end with two shows opening up for The Flaming Lips. [...]

Aldaraia is music that cannot be described with words. It is emotion and mood and feeling, only capable of being expressed sonically. It is the sound of the thoughts and feelings of its creator, and shares roots in the minds of everyone.

Deerhunter played a live show at the Apple store in New York in September,  and now a live EP recorded at the show is being [...]

For all of Deerhoof’s genre-bending and experimentation, their greatest moments occur when a genuine hook busts free of the sonic chaos. These moments, contrasted with [...]

Chad Elder covered the Monotonix/Ty Segall show at the Echoplex for Verbicide over the weekend. He relayed that the Monotonix were wild men, as always! They didn’t use the stage at all — they just burrowed into the crowd, fully embracing the chaos they created. Check out his gorgeous photos of their antics, as well as some beautiful shots of openers Ty Segall.

Electronic gurgling meets sound effects from Star Wars meets hip-hop — this is where one would find Jaytram and Prefuse73′s split remix album. Originally, the [...]

Now here’s something everyone can enjoy. Sonic Youth are streaming a new mixtape (SY Mixtape Vol. on their website featuring some new music, as [...]

Featuring multi-instrumentalist Emmanuel Jessua and drummer Thibault Lamy of French experimental metal band HYPNO5E, A Backward Glance On A Travel Road unleashes that same universe of [...]