Mitski, Meredith Graves, Suzy X, & Imogen Binnie to appear on Smith College panel
On February 27, a panel at Smith College will dissect the very worthy topic of authenticity and identity in music
Burger Boogaloo announces line-up
Burger Boogaloo is the annual fest hosted by Burger Records in Oakland. (You may remember our coverage of last year’s
Z is for zone
Zs have been a band since I was six years old. The first Zs lineup began playing rigorously challenging compositions
Spaceships, “Stone”
Los Angeles two-piece Spaceships is releasing a new record, Little Buddha, on the newly formed tape label Unsatisfied Records on
Joanne Gruesome, “Last Year”
Joanna Gruesome is dropping a new album, Peanut Butter, this spring. If the first singles are any indication, the record is likely to be another welcome experiment
Shrimper Records turns 25
The only thing more useless than a record label is one of them U2 iPods, stuck in the amber of
Mands, “Keeper”
From the minds of Ought drummer Tim Keen and collaborators Kaity Zozula and Amy MacDonald comes Mands, a Montreal-based project
Protomartyr, “Want Remover”
The prickly lyricism of Protomartyr’s 2014 record, Under Color of Official Right, tends to conjure vivid images, but never quite this bizarre. For the
Stream the South America is Part of the Problem comp
Although it can be easy to forget in our media echo chamber, North America is only a small part of
Makthaverskan, “Witness”
“Witness” by Sweden’s Makthaverskan is a luring post-punk death-threat. The Gothemburg quintet subverts arena-ready amplitude with the spirit of goth-rock
