There is something rotten going on in New York City, and luckily for us, noise rockers Pop. 1280 are there to chronicle the bad times. [...]

Little known and inconspicuous, Brooklyn venue 285 Kent is a tiny warehouse riddled with graffiti. It is a dark, hot, and, yes, dirty space where [...]

Long before it was fashionable for guitar- and drum-driven rock duos to kick out the jams in a stripped-down way, Athens, Georgia’s Jucifer were perfecting [...]

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.

The music contained on this debut EP hearkens back to a time when shambolic rock met with loud noisy riffs and offbeat time signatures to [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

On May 24th, Matador Records will release Demolished Thoughts, the new full-length album by Sonic Youth‘s Thurston Moore, produced by Beck. Matador states that the [...]

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 [...]

Shapers recently released a brand new single on Whistler Records and toured out to the East Coast and back. As soon as they returned home, [...]

Prismo Perfect is a group from Brest, France that plays noisy lo-fi electronic pop along the vein of Waaves and Japandroids with hints of MGMT [...]

The world needs more bands like Japandroids.  While most new groups drop a debut and leave us salivating for what can be years, this Vancouver [...]

STNNNG don’t care whether you like them or not. After existing for seven years, playing more than 200 shows, releasing countless singles, two previous full-lengths, [...]