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SPOON – Transference
reviewed by Brian McKinney

SPOON – Transference

Is Spoon the New Power Generation for the Pitchfork crowd? That’s the question posited by Spoon’s seventh studio album, Transference. Just think about that funky [...]

Radar Brothers – Horses Warriors

Radar Brothers – Horses Warriors

On March 23, Radar Brothers will release The Illustrated Garden. Jim Putnam has found a new band of brothers in bass player Be Hussey and [...]

Shout Out Louds – Walls

Shout Out Louds – Walls

After a year of touring behind their acclaimed second record, Our Ill Wills, the Shout Out Louds went their separate ways — singer/main songwriter Adam [...]

Verbicide Select Mixtape Volume 2

Verbicide Select Mixtape Volume 2

Just in time for the holidays, VerbicideMagazine.com is excited to release Verbicide Select Mixtape Volume 2, available here for FREE DOWNLOAD. With even more tracks and more variety than Volume 1, this new mixtape will appeal to fans with a wide range of musical taste.

Xiu Xiu – Volcana! (I Hope Your Train Crashes Remix)

Xiu Xiu – Volcana! (I Hope Your Train Crashes Remix)

On November 17, Merge Records released SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Remixes! on limited edition CD and digital download. The Remixes! is one [...]

Verbicide Select Mixtape Volume 1

Verbicide Select Mixtape Volume 1

You love music, that’s just a fact. But let’s not pretend that music doesn’t come with a host of problems. For starters, there’s just too [...]

Interview: Polvo
words by Jim Trainer | photo by Ashley Worley

Interview: Polvo

What would drive me out into a cool and rainy night in Austin, winding down Lamar with some Bali Shag and a cold cup of [...]

Interview: Lou Barlow
words by Mark Huddle | photos by Eric Fermin Perez

Interview: Lou Barlow

Lou Reed once asked, “What becomes a legend most?” No doubt the unfailingly modest Lou Barlow would blanch at being called a “legend.” And yet [...]

The Clean – Tensile

The Clean – Tensile

What can be said about The Clean? In 1978, they were the seeds of New Zealand punk and the reason for the founding of Flying [...]

Lou Barlow – Gravitate

Lou Barlow – Gravitate

Former Dinosaur Jr. member Lou Barlow began the recording process of his new solo album Goodnight Unknown with the goal of making this album more [...]