The last time this writer had the pleasure of seeing Ty Segall at Thalia Hall, he started his performance by crawling up to the microphone, sporting his trademark Sloppo baby
Yesterday’s Manic Monday selection featured a heavy band that occasionally flirted with alternative elements, whereas today’s offering comes from a band that was alternative to the core, but often injected
For today’s Manic Monday, we’re spotlighting perhaps the best sludge band to come out of the UK in the 90s, the underrated and somewhat obscure Fudge Tunnel. For those not
Many names come to mind when thinking about some of the most legendary oddballs throughout music history, but perhaps none more so than the late great Don Van Vliet (aka
Does anyone else out there have a seasonality to their music listening habits? If winter compels dark, icy,cerebral, introspective selections, and summer more warm, celebratory, and fun offerings than whatdoes
It had been a very long eight years since perhaps the best noise/sludge band of the past decadeproduced the follow-up to their critically acclaimed album Gold, but Atlanta’s finest trio
Continuing our spotlight on legendary and singular southern alternative bands born in the 80s who hit the big time in the ’90s, we have the enterally peculiar Flaming Lips, who
When thinking about some of the most provocative and subversive bands born in the 80s, you would be hard-pressed to top San Antonio’s finest, the one and only Butthole Surfers.
If Tool represents Maynard’s masculine side, and A Perfect Circle is that of his feminine side, then Puscifer is clearly the best representation of his inner weirdo. So, to round
Continuing with our salute to Maynard James Keenan on his birthday week (see yesterday’s Manic Monday), today we’re spotlighting another one of his critically acclaimed bands (safe for their last
