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.

Exclaim reports (via P4k) that on October 1st at the Toronto Underground Cinema,  a group of musicians will take turns covering Nirvana’s biggest hit “Smells Like [...]

If I were to play a word association game with you and I started with “hardcore,” you probably wouldn’t answer back with “rock opera.” Well, [...]

A gallery from Seattle’s infamous Capitol Hill Block Party, featuring shots of Les Savy Fav, Thurston Moore, Explosions in the Sky, and more.

Coverage of Descendents’ mind-blowing set at NXNE 2011, plus pics and words on Fucked Up’s show.

Check out Leigh Metzler’s gorgeous shots of Ty Segall, Heavy Cream, Devo, Fucked Up, and more at NXNE in Toronto.

Dinosaur Jr. have announced the reissue of their classic 1988 album Bug on cassette via Joyful Noise Recordings. Slated for release on June 21st, the cassette [...]

Dinosaur Jr. will be doing a brief summer tour, hitting up the East Coast and London.

A funny thing happened to punk rock as it made its way towards history’s dustbin. Beginning in the early ’90s it seemed inevitable that punk [...]

Toronto, Canada’s Fucked Up have impressed me since their earliest EPs. In their nearly 10 years of existence, their sound has evolved over time — [...]

It could be said that 2008 was a turbulent year for the high-energy act from Toronto, Ontario. Releasing the highly successful album The Chemistry of [...]

On January 26, Matador Records will be releasing a double-CD and double-LP compilation of Fucked Up’s many, many hard-to-find uncollected 7″ and 12″ tracks. Entitled [...]