It’s hard to believe it’s been over 30 years since Beck first burst onto the alternative music scene with his classic Mellow Gold album in 1994. If that doesn’t already
Jimi Hendrix was a phenomenal guitarist. It’s probably safe to say that fact has been fairly well established for the last half century or so. Everyone knows he was a
For a lot of people, Memorial Day weekend is synonymous with the unofficial start of summer and all the festivities that go along with that. That often involves hitting the
When thinking about some of the most delightfully weird and outright fun bands to emerge from the new-wave scene, did anyone do it better than the legendary B52s? While they
1966 was a pretty epic, downright revolutionary time in the history of music. Between The Beatles’ mind-bending studio wizardry on Revolver, Bob Dylan capturing that self-described “thin wild mercury sound”
For today’s edition of Manic Monday, we’re keeping it metal by spotlighting one of the most promising bands to emerge from that genre in the 90s, the mighty Machine Head.
Closing out our Steve Albini tribute week with this classic interview with the perpetually weird Nardwuar, who discusses, among other things, smashing toilets, lighting farts on fire, Gene Simmons pranks,
With the untimely death of Steve Albini still weighing heavily on hearts and minds, we’re dedicating this week’s Manic Monday to his most notorious band, noise-rock pioneers Big Black. The
Many people regard particularly compelling live shows as not merely great performances but great “experiences.” If you happened to witness Swans’ performance at The Metro in Chicago on May 11th,
New Wave was a peculiar genre of music by default, producing dozens of oddball one-hit wonders back in its early 80s heyday. One such example was Toni Basil’s quirky 1982
