Music in niche subgenres is often more diverse than credit is given. Each state has one or more scenes dedicated to continuing the traditions of…
This Will Destroy You is perhaps the quintessential instrumental post-rock outfit of the 2000s. They play shimmering, guitar-driven compositions, they lean hard into the loud-soft-loud…
It’s a waste of time trying to explain the appeal of grindcore to you—or anyone, for that matter. You get it or you don’t. You’re…
Life lessons learned the hard way: Easycore is a dopey genre category that should forever be dead and buried, but we still encourage you to…
Descendents are easily one of the most accomplished punk bands to come out of the 80’s. If you’ve ever listened to punk, you’ve probably heard…
One of the cool things about the decline of America is that they sell shrooms at bodegas now. I walked out of that corner store…
Australia’s most prized possession known as Silverchair made five completely different studio albums showcasing grit, growth, melody, and a crapload of Vegemite over the course…
Long Island has a lot going for it. It’s got a couple of beaches, bagels, and more emo bands per capita than anywhere else in…
“Oh yeah, Fishbone… I saw them [open for the Beastie Boys/play Lollapalooza/on tour with Parliament, etc. – fill in nearly any rock act], they were…
In the beginning, there was punk. Then, after a few years of tumult, punk begat post-punk. The fundamentalists among you may be asking, “If post-punk…
Presumably BitTorrent’s favorite band, Death Grips have been legends of the underground music community for over a decade. And in the years that have followed…
Des Moines, Iowa’s Slipknot has been rocking venues tattered and torn since 1995, and you gruff punk mockers need to stop acting like you are…
Russian Circles is one of the most reliable workhorse bands in all of indie metal. They’re 99.9% instrumental, they eschew gimmickry of any sort, and,…
Ah, John Darnielle. Musician, novelist, actor on the TV show “Poker Face.” Best known as the founding (and often sole) member of the Mountain Goats,…
Deafheaven appeared out of nowhere in 2011 with a solid debut LP, and then became the decade’s most exhaustively-argued-about purveyors of heavy music in 2013.…