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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.

Photo Gallery: Best Photos of 2011

Photo Gallery: Best Photos of 2011

Check out some of the amazing photography we’ve featured this year! Impressive, to say the least.

Superchunk Covers the Misfits for Halloween

Superchunk Covers the Misfits for Halloween

For the second year in a row, Superchunk has covered and made available for free a cover of a Misfits tune. From the band: “Happy [...]

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, [...]

RICHARD BUCKNER – Our Blood
reviewed by Evan Pearson

RICHARD BUCKNER – Our Blood

Buckner’s ninth full-length album comes on the heels of much tribulation, culminating in a stolen laptop and a re-imagining of this album — but you [...]

Wild Flag Album Streaming at NPR

Wild Flag Album Streaming at NPR

If you haven’t yet, head on over to NPR’s website to stream the forthcoming self-titled album from Wild Flag, due out September 13th on Merge [...]

Verbicide Select Mixtape Volume 9

Verbicide Select Mixtape Volume 9

After a long, six-month absence, the Verbicide Select Mixtape makes its triumphant comeback. Was it worth the wait? You bet! We’ve packed this mixtape with [...]

Archers Of Loaf – What Did You Expect

Archers Of Loaf – What Did You Expect

Merge Records will reissue all four Archers of Loaf studio albums, starting with their acclaimed 1993 debut album Icky Mettle on August 2nd. Click below to [...]

Photo Gallery: The Mountain Goats and Megafaun in Philadelphia 4/15/11
photos by Leigh Metzler

Photo Gallery: The Mountain Goats and Megafaun in Philadelphia 4/15/11

Leigh Metzler shares some gorgeous pics from The Mountain Goats’ performance in Philly.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS – All Eternals Deck
reviewed by Vanessa Bennett

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS – All Eternals Deck

The Mountain Goats have never ceased to grow and mature on their albums. From the static-y, garage band sound of All Hail West Texas to [...]

Verbicide’s Record Store Day 2011 Shopping Guide

Verbicide’s Record Store Day 2011 Shopping Guide

With Record Store Day 2011 right around the corner, VerbicideMagazine.com brings you our top picks. Should you be up early on Saturday morning, browsing your [...]

Amor de Días – Bunhill Fields

Amor de Días – Bunhill Fields

Amor de Días — Alasdair MacLean, front man for UK group The Clientele, and Lupe Núñez-Fernández of indie-pop duo Pipas — have announced a North American tour with dream-pop duo Damon & Naomi, who also appear on their [...]

Arcade Fire/Spike Jonze Film Trailer Released

Arcade Fire/Spike Jonze Film Trailer Released

The Spike Jonze-directed short film Scenes From The Suburbs, which first appeared in an abbreviated form in the video for Arcade Fire‘s “The Suburbs,” will [...]

Arcade Fire to Head Out on Lengthy World Tour

Arcade Fire to Head Out on Lengthy World Tour

Right on the heels of winning a Grammy for Album of the Year, Arcade Fire has announced a world tour that will span several months [...]

APEX MANOR – The Year of Magical Drinking
reviewed by Jake Benjamin

APEX MANOR – The Year of Magical Drinking

As the story goes, Ross Flournoy entered a songwriting contest on a whim and ended up with the foundation of the debut album of Apex [...]